Example sentences of "[verb] off the [noun] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | After I introduced the hemp earlier the fish seemed to go off the feed so I only introduced it for four or five casts . |
| 2 | On a modern system this may have been replaced by a safety device called a residual current device ( RCD ) , which turns off the supply if it detects current leaking to earth , and so protects the system and its users against the twin risks of fire and electric shock . |
| 3 | ’ He checked off the targets as they flared . |
| 4 | On IPE and Fox , in the case of futures trades , the rules are more relaxed and allow the whole order to be filled off the floor provided it is within the minimum fluctuation in the pit at the time . |
| 5 | If this goes in easily by more than a few millimetres , rot is probably present , and you 'll have to strip off the paint so you can repair it . |
| 6 | As I keep saying , it 's difficult to jump off the merry-go-round once it 's in motion . |
| 7 | A fresh gust of rain bounced off the bonnet as he pulled away from the kerb . |
| 8 | I went on the road when I was 19 , I needed to come off the road so I knew who I was . |
| 9 | And that was where er , a train came off the railways when it hit a van on |
| 10 | Police evacuated nearby buildings and cordoned off the area while they defused the bomb . |
| 11 | Police cordoned off the area while they defused the bomb , made from 44 lbs of explosive . |
| 12 | The spokesman said the mini veered off the road after it was in collision with another car approaching the bridge . |
| 13 | In an extreme situation , we 've got something like an in situ situation so the interviewer will have much more power , and has the total rights to change the topic and choose the topic , and cut off the topic when it 's finished . |
| 14 | Maggie turned off the tap as there was no point in letting it continue to run . |
| 15 | I turned off the road when I drew level with the Brigadier and his Officers , and placed myself on the right of Mills Roberts as the Brigade swept past to the tune Highland Laddie . |
| 16 | This senses the current flowing in the live and neutral wires and cuts off the electricity if there is a fault anywhere in the circuit . |
| 17 | An RCD , residual current device , cuts off the current when there is a fault . |
| 18 | A safety valve senses changes in water pressure and cuts off the supply if there is a danger of flooding . |
| 19 | With a giggle she slipped out of his arms and disappeared through the door , turning off the lights as she went . |
| 20 | Pushing it into first , she was just about to let off the handbrake when he opened the passenger door and awkwardly lowered his length into the small car . |
| 21 | Gypsy women were chaste before wedlock and Chilcott might have called off the arrangement if he heard of such liberties being taken . |
| 22 | After that he 'd come down and hopped through a hole in the fence where the canal ran alongside some waste ground , and now he was staying off the streets as he made his way across town and toward home ground . |
| 23 | He checked his watch against the clock , and mentally ticked off the functions as they were performed . |
| 24 | The bag must have slipped off the jeep when I parked it . ’ |
| 25 | Without our help they might not have been able to fight off the Germans as they did . |
| 26 | ‘ We called off the surveillance after we knew Blagg had spotted us . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ No , she simply said she broke off the engagement because she was in love with him . ’ |
| 28 | The second series really went off the boil because there was much more emphasis on the woman lawyer . |
| 29 | Those who answered his call became known as the Reaver Knights because they were forced to live off the land as they galloped back and forth across Ulthuan . |
| 30 | A very nice man who 's been struck off the register because he married a patient . |