Example sentences of "[to-vb] off the [noun] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | As I keep saying , it 's difficult to jump off the merry-go-round once it 's in motion . |
| 4 | I went on the road when I was 19 , I needed to come off the road so I knew who I was . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Without our help they might not have been able to fight off the Germans as they did . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | These comprised a pork pie and some salami to stave off the munchies while I drove , a toothbrush and some toothpaste , and then a bottle each of tequila , lime juice and Asti Spumante for which I had plans . |
| 9 | When I saw no one in the middle of the room , which had been full of music and smoke and pungent with the smell of hashish , I thought he might have forgotten to turn off the music before he went to sleep . |
| 10 | And er this was him trying to get off the subject when he was getting a bit nervous I think . |
| 11 | Helmut Kohl 's calls to brief Major on the British economy are doubtless answered by a builder screaming at the German Chancellor to speak English , or ordering him to get off the line so they can deal with the other jobs they 've got on the go . |
| 12 | " I thought you might want to break off the match after I 'd made an exhibition of myself . " |