Example sentences of "[vb infin] off with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WORLD-BEATING Merseyside high jumper Steve Smith leapt into a war of words with chief coach Frank Dick after learning he must jump off with rival Dalton Grant for a place in the British European Cup team . |
| 2 | Again , let the surface dry and finish off with two coats of polyurethane and wax as for the straight sanding process . |
| 3 | do n't run off with that skirt cos I 'm wearing it tomorrow . |
| 4 | Yeah I would n't run off with that mate |
| 5 | You can then take off with complete confidence , knowing that you have checked all the really vital things for the flight . |
| 6 | You do n't usually go off with strange women like that . ’ |
| 7 | no , no badly but like I just used to think he was so much more chatty than , we just used to sit there and go alright we 'd get off with each other then we 'd break like , you know like try , you 'd , like the conversation |
| 8 | Yeah I was really attracted to him but I just could not speak to him , it was awful , and like there used to be awful pauses and you 'd just go er right we 'd better get off with each other again because you ca n't bear the silence , it 's too uncomfortable so you used to , and then you go oh shit better get off with him again , it 's awful , he 's and he used to have such a , no personality at all . |
| 9 | By the way , did he get off with that drummer Richard last week ? ’ |
| 10 | But it 's really obvious that we 're gon na get off with this weekend cos we both keep making endu innuendos about it . |
| 11 | But the most important thing I thought was the thought process I mean just just saying this while you were just going on I just jotted down in the same way you could come off with three ideas that around and I felt that was that was ideal . |
| 12 | She also had the run of the library and she could of course go out , as long , he warned her with a sardonic look , as she did n't wander off with strange men . |
| 13 | well you wan na do it sooner rather than later you do n't want to leave it , you wan na do it sort of , now , so that if you go to college or any thing you can start off with that name |
| 14 | Well I do n't ring up the client now , I make a note to ring them Monday night , because every approach session should always start off with warm calls , I do n't know if Alan told you that . |
| 15 | It did n't just start off with human beings , they s started in sectors and it spread . |
| 16 | You 'd start off with parliamentary business then have a review of foreign affairs , and very important departmental things may often have to be shoved out of the way to another Cabinet . |
| 17 | Mental-health promotion programmes in the Third World must start off with clear aims before seeking help and advice from Western countries . |
| 18 | He says that his data showed that those businesses with low investment intensity did indeed start off with high ROI , as the earlier cross-sectional studies discovered , but that this often led managers to over-invest . |