Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [verb] off [art] " in BNC.

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1 There were checks to be done , now that Hess had replaced the mechanic , so Karlheinz backed off a few paces with the camera .
2 If Claris finishes off the program properly , then it 'll certainly give WindowWorks a run for its money .
3 Wednesday will be unchanged after their 8-0 drubbing of Aldershot in the Littlewoods Cup — provided Palmer shakes off a knee injury .
4 They were a delight for the charterers in the Bahamian lagoons , but in an Atlantic storm such wide windows could be our death warrants for if Wavebreaker fell off a big wave the glass could be driven out of the windows and the boat be filling with water in seconds , and so I cut and shaped sheet steel shutters that could be bolted over the boat 's glass at the first sign of bad weather .
5 The girl who was dressing her pulled up the zipper while Paula kicked off a pair of black suede shoes and eased her feet into crocodile ones .
6 Soon after Gunn pulled off the save of the match when Andy Smiles had a chance from 10 yards , but the stand-in 'keeper dropped to thwart the effort .
7 Leinster are left with four after Carlisle pulled off the biggest win for the Southern contingent by despatching North West kingpins Donemana .
8 MIKE TOMCZAK , the Chicago Bears quarterback , threw for three touchdowns and Neal Anderson rushed for another as Chicago staved off a fourth-quarter rally by the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night to win 27-13 .
9 The six-foot-six-inch England forward returned to America after helping the Mohawks gain a place in the play-offs with a victory at Cardiff in their last league game of the season before also being outstanding in the first game of the play offs when Middlesborugh pulled off the shock of the season by winning at second division league winners Oldham .
10 When Escalus cross-examines him , this is done in prose , as befits his true status ( 260ff. ) , and when Angelo invites Lucio to state what he can witness against the Friar-Duke , the medium drops to prose for all four speakers ( 327–33 ) , to be catapulted back to verse as Lucio pulls off the hood and reveals the Duke 's identity .
11 As Keith switched off the video recorder , she said , ‘ You 've got a picture of Liam Shakespeare , have n't you ? ’
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