Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] and [v-ing] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I kept closing my eyes and nodding off . |
| 2 | Her hair was down , making a black foam about her shoulders and setting off her silver circlet . |
| 3 | Often there 's a lot of , that people erm do or do n't do that you , you ca n't erm go along with when people are wanting terminations of pregnancy or , or they 're thinking of leaving their husbands and going off with somebody else then you just have to listen to what they say and put the facts as you see them in front of them . |
| 4 | It is this characteristic which renders fundamentalist religion open to large numbers of fissures in communities , with preachers or sections of congregations shaking the dust from their feet and moving off to build or buy another church . |
| 5 | It is worth removing mildly infested plants from their pots and washing off all the compost ( together with the grubs and any remaining eggs ) , then repotting in fresh compost drenched with insecticide . |
| 6 | Soon Yvonne will be packing her bags and jetting off to Greece for a holiday in the sun . |
| 7 | With looks of utter disbelief on their faces , their hands jerkily begin filleting their ribs and carving off great joints of meat with knives , axes and cleavers . |
| 8 | Drastic alterations might be made to eligibility criteria , assessments either not carried out or not acted upon , and the sight of all those solicitors that the SSI is so worried about sharpening their quills and dusting off their judicial review procedures . |
| 9 | The Doctor spent several minutes inspecting his hat , turning it over in his hands and picking off specks of dust . |
| 10 | There 's this youth , an actor would n't you know ? , marching about Chelsea with his soldiers and showing off no end . ’ |
| 11 | But I ca n't help wondering what the owners do with all that spare time in the winter , when they could be making our sandwiches and drying off our boots by the fire . |