Example sentences of "[vb pp] off [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holcraft , having discovered his mistake while chatting to Sontag during the ride back to the hotel , had hurried off to find the other funeral directors . |
| 2 | The rubbish stuck to the bottom of the wax , and could easily be scraped off to leave the scented fawny cake clean and pure . |
| 3 | After a day or two of piste-aching Jack threw in the towel and headed off to join the cross-country skiers . |
| 4 | Ukrainian sources claimed that ninety-two wagons of grain were collected from starving Ukrainian gubernii , of which thirty-six were sent off to feed the hungry in the Volga-Ural area . |
| 5 | If any pieces of gold leaf have been chipped off to reveal the white base , there are various shades of gilt waxes which can be rubbed on with a soft cloth and then buffed up to a fine lustre . |