Example sentences of "[to-vb] off the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1977 the family had accumulated enough capital , acumen and experience to pull off the property deal of the century : the purchase for $120m of eight Manhattan skyscrapers when the city of New York was on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 2 | ALAN SHEARER looks certain to shake off the leg injury that cut short his two-goal display against Leeds on Boxing Day . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Premier League leading scorer Alan Shearer looks certain to shake off the leg injury that cut short his two-goal display against Leeds on Boxing Day in time for Blackburn 's visist to Ipswich today . |
| 4 | The Hibs manager , Alex Miller , was also disappointed , because leading scorer , Darren Jackson , had failed to shake off the stomach injury which had seen him miss the Scottish Cup victory over Cowdenbeath earlier in the week . |
| 5 | IT IS EASY to write off the Science Museum as somewhere you have already visited . |
| 6 | After a wee dram or two to ward off the winter chill , hardier types venture forth carrying lumps of coal to pass on to others as good luck tokens . |
| 7 | That 's if we 're not going to set off the alarm system ! ’ |
| 8 | As Ronnie Convery found out , local activists hope to capitalise on the company 's financial problems to kill off the incinerator plan . |
| 9 | We agreed the sixty eight posts to start off the Poll Tax . |
| 10 | The move came after his parents Allan and Barbara won a court ruling allowing medical staff to switch off the life support systems he had relied on since the tragic injury that left him in a persistent vegetative state . |
| 11 | Another method is simply to switch off the tail compensation system and some radios are fitted with an easily accessible switch for this purpose . |
| 12 | Typically the customer selects the equipment from the supplier , and the finance lessor buys it and leases it to the customer on rentals calculated to pay off the purchase price plus interest . |
| 13 | For such clients raising a second mortgage to pay off the credit card debt often seems the only answer . |
| 14 | For such clients raising a second mortgage to pay off the credit card debt often seems the only answer . |
| 15 | However , when the account is used in conjunction with a credit card — which has an annual fee of £25 — the investor can use the card for purchases and the cheque facility to pay off the card account at the end of each month . |
| 16 | This was in response to reports that Collor 's main political advisers had been using federal funds to solicit the votes of the 168 deputies needed to fend off the impeachment initiative . |