Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] off the [noun] that " in BNC.
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1 | Flailing at the air where he 'd been , she struck out at the switch to turn off the PA that had suddenly inexplicably turned itself on . |
2 | Flailing at the air where he 'd been , she struck out at the switch to turn off the PA that had suddenly inexplicably turned itself on . |
3 | We put on the billy and head for a coffee and warm , pausing at the tent entrance to brush off the snow that is heaped on our jackets and hoods . |
4 | The ministers who like the House either do so because , in their opposition days , they enjoyed its fellowship and had few other contacts in London , or they feel so confident of their capacity to score off the Opposition that they like revealing their talents . |
5 | The Friar broke off a young oak bough and waved it about his sweating forehead to keep off the flies that followed him in wavering clouds , a floating band of skirmishers that his ceaseless counter-attacks could not drive away . |