Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] off the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Rose suggested that they write to Luke to ask him to meet Maggie off the train when she got to London Moran was furious . |
| 2 | With her skirt billowing around her , Charity rushed out to grab empties off the tables before the wind shattered more of them . |
| 3 | When you when you come up here and do the driving you find that erm because people are are just not available at the time and erm y I 'm here just for a and Stan only here for a a limited period , and er you 're sort of trying they 're downstairs they 're trying to get people off the trucks when they come in or whatever the case may be to go out and do an assessment run , and it 's not always possible . |
| 4 | Rot had already set into the damp wood and she was able to break chunks off the strut as though they were bits of soggy cardboard . |
| 5 | So both boys went to the state school in spite of Father Michael at St Oswald 's , but it was a hollow victory because twice a week , once after school , once on Saturdays , they were sent to the Convent to learn catechism off the nuns so they would grow up good Catholics after all . |