Example sentences of "[to-vb] off [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the father-of-five fought back to come off his life support machine and improve enough to be moved into a general ward . |
| 2 | THE Prince of Wales was expected to shake off his back injury to take part in the annual Garter ceremony at Windsor this afternoon . |
| 3 | EVEREX LOOKS TO SELL OFF ITS ESIX UNIX |
| 4 | Personal computer wars victim Everex Systems Inc , which hoisted the white flag and filed for Chapter 11 protection on January 4th , is planning to sell off its Unix operating systems arm , Esix Systems , to an unidentified application software publisher . |
| 5 | Cheshire County Council is planning to sell off its fire station on Tarporley High Street after a new station replacing it was completed . |
| 6 | Give you time to sleep off your jet lag . ’ |
| 7 | Now that Tandy Corp has abandoned its plan to spin off its manufacturing arm as a separate company , the company is looking for buyers for three other manufacturing businesses : Memtek makes tapes and other products for Tandy stores under the Memorex brand name , the second is Lika , making circuit boards , the third is O'Sullivan Industries , which makes flatpack furniture ; Tandy will now keep 13 manufacturing units and three product engineering groups — factories devoted exclusively to producing products for Radio Shack will be folded back into Tandy , the company declared . |
| 8 | The mounting violence came as the parents of Tim Parry , the 12-year-old victim of the IRA 's Warrington bombing , made the agonising decision to switch off his life support machine . |
| 9 | A FATHER told a murder trial yesterday of the agonising decision to switch off his baby son 's life support machine after he had been severely brain damaged while in the care of the nurse Beverley Allitt . |
| 10 | When the money was refused Ishii was called upon to use his influence to prevail upon Kominto to call off its harassment campaign . |
| 11 | So after two bewildering years , millions of pounds both banked and still rolling in , Kylie expects to live off her celebrity status well into the 21st Century . |
| 12 | ‘ The director wants to see you right away , Marianne , and Dane asked me to tell you he 'll be down in just a few minutes , Shae , to finish off his costume fitting . ’ |
| 13 | To finish off your walk head south from the hill top to Windermere Railway Station ( 0.5 miles ) . |
| 14 | It is what do I sell to pay off my bank manager and my creditors ? |
| 15 | As with the tiger it is the male 's warning to rivals to stay off its home range . |
| 16 | At this point , he started to take off his plastic apron , indicating that he had finished with water for the day , leaving a bemused teacher reflecting on the relationship of density to ‘ strength ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Part of the deal at Ibrox will be that Malta deliberately try to frustrate Scotland , but if McCoist and Eoin Jess are allowed the room to show off their club form , that has to be a comfort to us . ’ |
| 18 | Vincent translated these to mean : Take my advice or I 'll use my influence with Theo to cut off your subsistence allowance . |