Example sentences of "[to-vb] off a [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | Stockton South MP Tim Devlin says a new winter storage site may have been found for families being forced to pull off a site at Stockton by April 1 . |
| 4 | Down in division 3 , Hereford United are trying to shake off a run of 3 league defeats in a row . |
| 5 | The driver — a sandy young Irishman ( I mention this as it was St Patrick 's Day ) — replied brightly , ‘ Oi do n't know 'bout dat — but dere 's trouble ahead 'cos dere 's some fellow tryin' to jump off a building round the corner . ’ |
| 6 | Erm er changes in the central charges which always intrigues me I 'd like to know and erm if I may go back to erm paragraph seven where we 're saying you know allocated thirty five thousand in the committee development over and above the effects of inflation an and this subject six thousand seven hundred recycled savings is available for some revenue development or mortgage charges and then if we look at eight and shortfall in planning applications we are going to use that six thousand seven hundred to write off a shortfall in the planning applications . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There 's speculation that he may have to sell off a collection of Ferraris . |
| 10 | Her own sense of failure was projected into others in order to ward off a depression about herself which finally overwhelmed her and was not to lift for some years . |
| 11 | Emerson noticed this propensity of flags to make ordinary people ‘ poets and mystics ’ , to set off a tingle in the blood ; and flags were festooned round Iran-contra like bunting , exceedingly hard Brought to trial , the players could not believe that their love for their country had caused them to commit crimes ; and the light penalties handed down to all these men , with only Poindexter receiving a jail sentence , suggested that the judges , to some degree , accepted patriotism in mitigation . |
| 12 | Isabelle must have left a legacy of frightening bitterness behind her in this place in order to set off a reaction like that . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is not easy , to say nothing of being undignified , to strip off a jumper in front of an audience ! |
| 16 | It comes in a long roll of 20m , and has a neat perforator which enables you to tear off a strip to the correct length . |
| 17 | ‘ Hey — come on , ’ he said softly , and smiled at her as he reached over to tear off a sheet of kitchen-towel . |
| 18 | As David Carlton has written , this plan ‘ represented a willingness to buy off a bully with territory to which he had no legitimate claim . ’ |
| 19 | Coincidentally , or maybe not , the storm chose that moment to let off a sheet of dazzling green lightning and an earsplitting crack of thunder . |
| 20 | Instead of having to cancel a trip to the Blue Mountains , she 'd had to put off a trip to the Blue Danube . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | Once you have decided to go the kit route , your first step is to send off a request to several manufacturers for illustrated brochures ( you will find a list of the major manufacturers at the end of the article , and it is also worth checking the Yellow Pages for firms operating in your area ) . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But the north London giants will have to fight off a bid from Everton who want to take the bustling hit-man to Merseyside . |
| 26 | A computer enthusiast in Britain used one last week to run off a copy of a £35 program in a little over four minutes . |
| 27 | On the odd occasions I met him , I felt that he 'd adopted all these trappings to keep off a world with which he could not cope . |
| 28 | THE week 's news was dominated by Chancellor Nigel Lawson 's failed attempt to stave off a rise in bank base rates . |
| 29 | The crisis has also forced Chancellor Norman Lamont to cut short his holiday as the Bank of England tries to stave off a run on the Pound . |
| 30 | Finally , and perhaps most significantly of all , test cases may be used as political catalysts ‘ to spark off a process in the political arena , ( Prosser , 1983 , p. 5 ) in the hope of extending the rights of those concerned . |