Example sentences of "[vb pp] it off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he had met Ivy at Crepi 's dinner party her appearance had struck him as so wilfully bizarre that he had written it off as a freak effect , as though all her luggage had been lost and she 'd had to raid the oddments put aside for collection by the missionary brothers . |
| 2 | But lines like ‘ It 's a bit hard , your Highness , I have n't had it off for a year ’ , when muttered by a grubby servant referring to his shoe , come just as easily from Tony Slattery as they ever did from Sid James . |
| 3 | Howey has got it off to a T : so far , she has thrown many of her top opponents with it , including Emanuella Pierantozzi , the Italian world title-holder , who only just managed to twist out and avoid a score in the last world championships . |
| 4 | Sinead has really pulled it off in a big , bold way here ; her honesty and emotional intensity permeate every bar , every nuance of every lyric . |
| 5 | SINEAD HAS really pulled it off in a big , bold way ; her honesty and emotional intensity permeate every bar , every nuance of every lyric . |
| 6 | Yes , I have I posted it off during the week to My Weekly , because I thought because the it was about a girl in all trouble , I think it |
| 7 | The grocer , a hard-faced ex-soldier whose right hand lacked a thumb ( Melanie wondered , had he lopped it off on the bacon-slicer ? |
| 8 | There has been a balance Chair , and , and hence the fact that we 've knocked it off as an efficiency saving rather than as a reduction in service . |
| 9 | She had passed it off at the time , saying , ‘ That 's right , Sarah ! |
| 10 | If I 'd had my hat I 'd have taken it off to the guy . |