Example sentences of "[to-vb] off a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other companies quickly moved to siphon off a share of the new business . |
| 2 | IN the first few minutes Armagh could have opened the scoring when Eugene Mullan was forced to pull off a string of good saves . |
| 3 | Down in division 3 , Hereford United are trying to shake off a run of 3 league defeats in a row . |
| 4 | Perhaps the Minister could clarify the impression given by the Hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) , who believes that it is all right to buy from the public purse something for £2 million and then to sell off a fraction of it for £4 1 million a fortnight later as long as the proceeds of the sale go to buses . |
| 5 | A third technique was to sell off a proportion of the whole operation , as it did with British Telecom , British Gas , British Aerospace , and Britoil ; and British Rail was made to sell off its hotels . |
| 6 | There 's speculation that he may have to sell off a collection of Ferraris . |
| 7 | Royle , who finished his distinguished playing career at Carrow Road before taking over at Oldham , destroys the suggestion that the Canaries will not have the bottle to see off a glut of high-powered challenges . |
| 8 | A recent survey has shown that 74 of California 's 113 native fish species are in need of special protection , with the drought threatening to kill off a number of species which had already been weakened by the introduction of predatory game fish and the diversion of water for agricultural , industrial and domestic purposes . |
| 9 | ‘ Hey — come on , ’ he said softly , and smiled at her as he reached over to tear off a sheet of kitchen-towel . |
| 10 | Coincidentally , or maybe not , the storm chose that moment to let off a sheet of dazzling green lightning and an earsplitting crack of thunder . |
| 11 | It is the prevailing view of the sovereignty of Parliament , above discussed , that if Parliament wished to cast off a part of the British Dominions and abjure jurisdiction over it , it could do so . |
| 12 | It can be used to cast off a group of stitches at , say , the last row of the shoulder ( when the shaping has been done using the holding position ) . |
| 13 | Green has a go at Stevie Wonder 's ‘ I Do n't Know Why I Love You ’ ( ‘ not as hysterical as the original ’ ) and he used the spare studio time at the end of the session to knock off a couple of singles for himself . |
| 14 | A computer enthusiast in Britain used one last week to run off a copy of a £35 program in a little over four minutes . |
| 15 | One must say that it does so by providing a price sufficient to pay off a debt of sin before God . |
| 16 | ‘ But the van has to drop off a couple of wheelchairs and things to other places first … |
| 17 | The most familiar example of this is when one wishes to break off a piece of metal such as a wire or the opened lid of a tin can . |
| 18 | It envisages those visits being as varied as the need — from the person wanting a four-month placement to work with elderly people in Poland or an adoption agency in Jamaica , to someone who is planning a two-week holiday in California who wants to take off a couple of days to spend them visiting the local branch of the US National Association of Social Workers . |
| 19 | ‘ After the third retake , he threatened to take off a bit of clothing every time the scene was done again . |
| 20 | State-controlled telecommunications equipment supplier Italtel SpA will shed 1,000 jobs this year , as part of its four-year restructuring plan and expects to save $22m in labour costs this year as a result ; Italtel is also planning to lay off a total of 16,500 people temporarily for five weeks at a time this year . |
| 21 | Why did Angelica Kauffman return so often to the image of Penelope , wife of Ulysses mother of Telemachus , who was abandoned by her husband when he went off to fight the Trojan Wars , and had to fend off a pack of vulture-like suitors who wanted to take over Ulysses ' estate , wealth and derelict wife . |