Example sentences of "off and [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and rush off and make a new will as soon as you can as well as . |
| 2 | But it was hard for us to see exactly how we had altered , beyond having some rough edges polished off and getting a better focus on some of our ideas and ambitions . |
| 3 | Straightaway I went off and had a bright red flash put in across the front of my hair . |
| 4 | The Hunters moved with a distorted slow-motion gait through the corridors of the abandoned station , occasionally taking off and flying a few metres . |
| 5 | Rub lightly with medium grade steel wool ; dust off and apply a final coat of varnish , finishing in the direction of the wood grain |
| 6 | Then when I 'd proved I could do that really well , horrible and moronic as it was , I let myself off and got a better job nearer my heart 's desire . " |
| 7 | When I flopped at my first job , I was so fed up with myself I thought I was n't worth any decent firm 's money , so I went off and got a frightful job working in a dirty old canteen , just to punish myself , sort of . |
| 8 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 9 | This may be the point to take off and realise a long-planned dream — moving to the country if home has always been in town or vice versa . |
| 10 | Dieter went off and returned a few minutes later with the information that Marie-Claire never came in on a Wednesday because her children 's school was closed on that day . |
| 11 | She hurried off and returned a few minutes later with a tiny white gown . |
| 12 | They take the roof , they get some old coaches they take the roof off and put a new sort of flat board and you can climb up the outside . |
| 13 | In some parts of the Company TOP is starting to take off and make a real difference . |
| 14 | has having enough opportunity to go off and make a second marriage , which I do n't deny them but they must accept their responsibilities . |
| 15 | He slipped these off and saw a blurred , red disk of a face which resembled a Francis Bacon portrait . |
| 16 | He nodded his satisfaction and let go , and she wrenched it off and took a deep breath . |
| 17 | ‘ Why do n't you take the frill off and have a plain round neckline ? ’ |
| 18 | I 'd far sooner take it off and do a proper job but well |
| 19 | The questioner , however , was not so easily fobbed off and used a familiar gambit in an attempt to get Sir Denys to open up . |
| 20 | And , while she was still digesting that piece of information , he added , ‘ And I can think of dozens of things I 'd like to do , beginning with a kiss and ending — ’ He broke off and gave a faint grin . |
| 21 | It is not a simple case that we can run along , sell a few houses , get the capital receipts and suddenly we can go off and have a wonderful programme and replace the assets which we have sold and when we 're talking about assets in this case I think there 's one crucial difference between us and you and that is we recognise that that is n't just an asset it is a person 's home a person 's home , that 's so important an a I 'm , just to talk about it as if it is is something else , y'know , just some petrified lump of cattle , petrified lump of stock money that was doing no good whatsoever , is a nonsense and I think most of us would agree that it is a complete and utter nonsense . |
| 22 | Escapade basically provides the experience of taking off and landing a commercial airliner , aboard Britannia 's 737 flight simulator . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ They 've struck it off and look a great combination . ’ |
| 24 | Oh , I suppose I could have written off and got a new length of rubber , or got old Cameron in the ironmonger 's shop to find me something , but it would never feel right again . |
| 25 | I use a small piece of putty over the nozzle for speed and short-term storage ; but if I 'm not going to be using it for a while , I take the top off and place a small piece of Clingfilm over the bottle , then screw the top back on again . |