Example sentences of "[vb infin] off [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well let it dry off for a minute , well they must have a card , good job I thought about that I should be interested to see what she calls her because I think Annalise is a beautiful name |
| 2 | Watch that brickwork dry off in the sun , it 'll be as pale as the arch , here , in ten minutes . |
| 3 | Not only do we strip off at the beach , but we have brought the values of the beach inland . |
| 4 | The heat shields were still intact and the computer assured him that they would not crack or fall off on the journey through the atmosphere . |
| 5 | If any of us let go and started breathing again , one of them would fall off into a lake of mud . |
| 6 | There 's no specific area that I can lay my finger on to explain why West Indian kids underachieve … what is inevitable is that a lot of West Indian children particularly the bright ones will do fairly well up to either the beginning or the middle of the fourth year , and for some peculiar reason their progress will fall off towards the end of the fifth year . |
| 7 | it does n't fall off in the soup , it never falls off , it 's only the ones you see on the advertisements that fall off . |
| 8 | It would just fall off like a dust . |
| 9 | I jerked back , tingling with fear , feeling it peel off like a strand of elastoplast . |
| 10 | Some have even kept their tattoos hidden from their children and have been reluctant to explain why they will not peel off in the sun . ’ |
| 11 | If he was in a procession the other members of the procession still worried about his inability to walk a straight line and feared that at some point he would peel off from the file . |
| 12 | Yeah , I 'd probably fuck off for a year and do my own thing and come back and maybe take take , maybe start my own business . |
| 13 | Right can we just we 'll finish off with a prayer . |
| 14 | lets finish off with a roundup of the rest of the news … starting over at swindon speedway … the robins will be singing … roaring again this season … the team has been re-instated to division one |
| 15 | shall I finish off after the break ? |
| 16 | Wash your cans up erm and er and then they 'd go and finish off in the corn fields . |
| 17 | ‘ If only she 'd clear off into the dower house , ’ she told herself , ‘ I could really improve things here . ’ |
| 18 | By this , we mean that it will ascend perfectly when the sail is under pressure , and the line tension applies a driving force ; but it will tumble or spin off to the right or left if the line tension is relaxed . |
| 19 | The dog might not respond readily to their commands , and may simply head off into the distance , possibly looking for you if the territory is familiar . |
| 20 | Then collect me and we 'll head off to the Yard to deal with the mess that 's going on there . ’ |
| 21 | Before he could head off for the dustbin , Elinor gripped his wrist firmly . |
| 22 | Flynn and his pals clean up Dodge only to feel suffocated by a town so decent it ai n't fit for a man to live in and head off in a joke finish for the still-wild Virginia City , which Flynn cleaned up in an unconnected follow-up . |
| 23 | Bristleworms of all sizes should always be handled with forceps ; those fluffy white spines can break off in the fishkeeper 's skin . |
| 24 | If the hair should snap off from the tear , it may drift for many kilometres on the wind , falling slowly , and come to rest a long way down-wind from the vent . |
| 25 | It may snap off from the arm |
| 26 | Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected . |
| 27 | So er to get to your question erm I 've sort of not been doing anything erm I was hoping that I would be sort of fully fit round about now and then if I saw something on teletext er that was good I 'd just buzz off for a week or so . |
| 28 | And they 'd knock off for a bit of dinner , come back , and do the second milking . |
| 29 | Or are you afraid I 'll make off with the family jewels ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ No-one would run off with a hand-cart . ’ |