Example sentences of "you [vb base] off the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Get your peg in the right hole , missus , before you chip off the corners — and possibly even lay bare your embarrassment " . |
| 2 | You bring lots of people in at junior management and through a series of apprenticeships you cream off the people who get to the top . |
| 3 | ‘ You cut off the air and starve the atmosphere of oxygen . |
| 4 | To re-seal a half-used cartridge , take the piece you cut off the end of the nozzle and push it into the nozzle the other way round |
| 5 | For quickness , there 's nothing to beat shaving your legs and under arms , but as you slice off the hair at skin level , you soon get prickly regrowth . |
| 6 | If you travel to Japan , one major difficulty will loom at you as soon as you get off the aeroplane : the language problem . |
| 7 | As you arrive off the ferry , there is a big sign saying ‘ Island Roads Are Different ’ . |
| 8 | When you , when you sell a house you pay off the mortgage |
| 9 | What you actually do is you pay off the loan gradually over that peri period of twenty years , so you get from that point to that point and it 's , it 's sort of level to start with , you 're paying mainly interest off and not much capital , so when you get a statement from the building society , you still seem to owe virtually the same that you started with . |
| 10 | From first thing in the morning , when you turn off the clock-radio , throw back the fibre-filled duvet and activate the toaster , to the end of the day when you switch the TV off and the kettle on , plastic items have become an indispensable part of our lives . |
| 11 | You turn off the road into a wooded parked area opposite the first house on the right after leaving the village . |
| 12 | If you put your hands up you go off the field . ’ |
| 13 | Are you worried that your father might try to disinherit you if you go off the tracks again … |
| 14 | It often happens , especially if you train only spasmodically , that you start off the season with a personal best time , get really excited because you think there is a lot more to come and then the rest of the summer turns out to be something of a damp squib . |
| 15 | When you take off the mattress — does the base have a saggy surface ? |
| 16 | Pain is a treasure for there are mercies in it ; ( the kernel comes fresh when you take off the rind ) . |
| 17 | Afterwards , when you take off the string , the soft fingers at the end of the arm have hardened into claws . ’ |
| 18 | " You 'll be met when you step off the boat in Kingston , and taken to a safe house , and then you 'll be absorbed into the organization at some level . |
| 19 | From the start , go right and pick up two crates , now kill the guard and the policeman , get the third crate and travel down the lift , at the bottom go right and kill the policeman , keep going right until you fall off the edge of the platform . |
| 20 | Being able to rationalise everything when you come off the field is , I suppose , part of being able to enjoy it all . |
| 21 | On the house ! ’ you are probably mumbling to yourself as you polish off the bottle of Jim Beam meant for the 15 April issue winner . |