Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | United almost contributed to their own downfall , but Blackpool 's finsihing let them off the hook . |
| 2 | The steersman showed them off the boat . |
| 3 | Were it not for the narrow strip of tar , I would have been stuck hopelessly — several times I was bogged down when the wind blew me off the road . |
| 4 | Massingberd-Mundy , a 62-year-old former Royal Navy submarine commander of South Ormsby Hall , Louth , was attempting to quash a decision by the Club to strike him off the list of potential chairmen of the stewards ' panel at Doncaster racecourse . |
| 5 | Sitting in the lotus position they jumped into the air using their thighs to propel them off the ground . |
| 6 | ‘ Jess offered Diana a hug and the Princess lifted her off the ground , ’ said her proud mum Pam , 32 , from Florida . |
| 7 | Not a true beauty , but the girl beckoned you off the paper ; confident , sexy , that face invited you to join in if you could stand the pace . |
| 8 | At 2200 the casualty refloated herself under her own power , but as the rudder was jammed the lifeboat came in again to secure a towline from the casualty 's bow to keep her off the sand . |
| 9 | Push dry straw under the ripening fruits to lift them off the soil and deter slugs . |
| 10 | The yellow shirt orders me off the bed and tears through the sheets . |
| 11 | But 78 players were unable to finish their rounds as torrential rain drove them off the course . |
| 12 | If you muck about in the class the lecturers have got every right to send you off the course . |
| 13 | Did n't you ever think it might be a shabby move lifting it off the album — a lot of people have mentioned this to me . |
| 14 | ‘ Sorry , son , ’ he murmured , and then the crew lifted him off the table , pillows and all , and strapped him into the ambulance . |
| 15 | Hibs face a real test of character at Firhill tomorrow after Hearts knocked them off the top of the table . |
| 16 | The seas smashed into his back , wind and water clubbed him off the seat on to the cockpit sole . |
| 17 | We bought it off the city , well Michelin bought it off the city council and they gazumped us and erm but we , we have tables and chairs onto the dance floor on other nights and just pull them back when it 's clear |
| 18 | The butcher chases them off the rock with kicks and abusive shouts , as though punishing them for bad behaviour . |
| 19 | ‘ Good thing it 's Curtius , ’ Magda said , ‘ if'n he blows his brains out , at least we wo n't be all day scraping them off the floor . |
| 20 | Tell me something ; were you always prepared to sleep with me to get the jade , or was that a ploy to throw me off the scent when I was getting too close ? ’ |
| 21 | What do you want now , ah , that 's it push me over you are n't half cheeky , no wonder Mary tells me off the way I treat ya , ah ? |
| 22 | An overwhelming number of you are keen to attend formal reunions and so I will make it a priority to get them off the ground . |
| 23 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
| 24 | ‘ That guy 's going to need a submarine to scrape him off the bottom . ’ |
| 25 | Not today , however , and now my route took me off the road by a stile and up over the hill by an old quarry track . |
| 26 | But mind I 'm surprised he was found strayed Nicole let him off the lead and he 's gone phew ! |
| 27 | I thought the hand-cranking on the ‘ 109 a bit dodgy , till an impatient Navy pilot threw me off the wing of a Harvard into the prop , miraculously only tearing my jacket and grazing my arm , putting me in dock for a couple of days . |
| 28 | Bus conductor , , tickets please , tick what 's a matter , mate ? well you know and the man threw me off the train and listen , he goes come on gov , give me the letter I 'll read it . |
| 29 | the man threw me off the bus and he goes all right then , let me read it . |
| 30 | He flicked the corner of his cloak at Izzie to clear her off the table — as if to touch her would dirty his hands . |