Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pers pn] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , she was n't going to let him off the hook that easily . |
| 2 | Consequently , they 're always coming in a bit behind the boys because the boys have been playing for a bit longer , and I think it 's very important that if girls are being offered the opportunity that the opportunity is good for them , and that it 's not going to put them off the game of football because they 're always in the position where the boys consider themselves a bit better . |
| 3 | ‘ Spatz says he 's going to keep me off the Project . |
| 4 | I 'm having to swim them off the steamer and tow them in a dinghy to get our put the slings on them before we left the beach and just pushed them into the water and towed them off and hook the hook the into the sling and up them to give them a good wash before they went to Kirkwall . |
| 5 | Why did n't Luke damn well help him , instead of threatening to throw him off the film ? |
| 6 | The prize , however , was taken by the Lithuanian who decided to liven up Roger Payne 's ascent of Comes The Dervish by trying to pull him off the crux . |
| 7 | No , he was n't trying to run her off the road ; he was trying to kill her . |
| 8 | When Nora 's dress fell to her knees he pulled her swiftly to him , trying to lift her off the ground . |
| 9 | Retired school secretary Anne Stern , 73 , was on her way to spend Thanksgiving with relatives when two shabbily-dressed youths pulled in front of her and began trying to force her off the road . |
| 10 | Which was something of a racket , plus Bazooka Joe kept on pulling the plugs on us trying to get us off the stage . |
| 11 | There was a large pool of unemployed in those days and it seemed to us that no sooner were you in than they were trying to get you off the job . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't you dare ! ’ she squealed , trying to push him off the edge of the sun-lounger and into the swimming-pool , which was how the accident yesterday had happened , fooling around by the poolside like a couple of kids when Ruth had slipped on a supposedly non-slip surface and wrenched her ankle . |
| 13 | He was trying to move it off the path . |
| 14 | They 're not planning to take it off the market . |