Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] off a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was not a small girl , was reasonably athletic for a woman , but there was little she could do to fight off a determined man , particularly when she was neither mentally nor physically prepared for such a brutal assault . |
| 2 | Kings boss Chris Kelly added : ‘ I did n't want to play at all and feel that on a neutral ground with our display against Peterborough we could have pulled off a shock win . |
| 3 | Just as a doctor may decide to switch off a life support machine because the patient is in effect dead , so care workers could ‘ switch off ’ the services on which the old person is totally dependent for care in the community , thus making admission to an institution inevitable . |
| 4 | There 's speculation that he may have to sell off a collection of Ferraris . |
| 5 | So Dawn would have to fly off a little , giving in to the force of the wind , and then come back . |
| 6 | Normally his provocative question would have sparked off a fiery response , but now , feeling gloomy and depressed , Luce said nothing . |
| 7 | But they will have to beat off a challenge from French millionaires Monaco , who head a posse of foreign clubs shadowing him at Forest . |
| 8 | But the north London giants will have to fight off a bid from Everton who want to take the bustling hit-man to Merseyside . |