Example sentences of "[vb past] off a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He let off a warning shot . |
| 2 | The tailpieces look like they came off an Eko electric from the '60s , and they 've added squiggly wire designs that echo the famous ‘ R ’ tailpiece — from fifty feet , anyway . |
| 3 | A BLIND man fought off a bull terrier that attacked his guide dog — by jamming his fist down its throat and smacking it between the eyes . |
| 4 | Eventually , when he had slurped his way through the two cheeseburgers and large French fries , polished off an apple pie and a strawberry milkshake , he got out of the car and walked over to a litter-disposal unit . |
| 5 | Last week at the Sybase User Conference , Microsoft showed off a prototype 32-bit version of SQL Server designed to exploit NT 's multiprocessing architecture for the first time on a NCR 486 MP machine . |
| 6 | STEFAN Edberg 's hopes of a third successive US Open crown came to an abrupt end when Karel Novacek pulled off a shock victory at Flushing Meadow . |
| 7 | Norman Crawford then pulled off a master stroke , introducing McConnell , and he set up Mark Burns for a short corner strike in the 46th minute before adding two goals himself in the space of five minutes to leave Holywood 4–2 ahead . |
| 8 | The climax to the main event saw Wrexham 's Simon Ainley pave the way for an appearance in the final against North London 's Martin Adebisi , after he pulled off a surprise victory in the event 's semi-final over Sunderland 's top seed Ashley Kershaw , by a 7–6 7–5 margin . |
| 9 | After scoring first through Dave Mitchell , Tranmere 's Kenny Irons pulled off a hat trick and Swindon were sunk . |
| 10 | He once broke off a phone call saying the police were waiting to take him on a tour of one of their up-to-date rape suites . |
| 11 | You are a — ’ He reeled off a choice string of unpleasant epithets , but without rancour . |
| 12 | IRELAND 'S bowlers bounced right back into contention in the Men 's U-25 Home International Championships in Carlisle yesterday when they shrugged off an opening match defeat from England to beat Scotland and stay in contention for the title . |
| 13 | Starting on the Seahawk 13 , Okoye shrugged off an arm tackle from one linebacker and flipped another on to his back at the 11 . |
| 14 | JOHN SALAKO last night shrugged off an injury scare and said he desperately wants to be part of England 's World Cup plans against Turkey at Wembley next week . |
| 15 | A MAN and two teenage girls lay dead for hours in their wrecked Land-Rover after it careered off a country lane in a gale . |
| 16 | TEN tourists were injured yesterday when they jumped off a chair lift to escape a brush fire on Mount Solaro in the Mediterranean island of Capri . |
| 17 | This is the cross breed puppy which sparked off a rabies alert . |
| 18 | When the World Student Games were held in Sheffield , the sound of the starting pistol at the beginning of each race sparked off a peace demo against the use of firearms . |
| 19 | His return sparked off a power struggle within the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ( FORD ) , the country 's leading opposition group . |