Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb base] off the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You may start your apologising as soon as I switch off the machine .
2 However , as soon as I drive off the temperature gauge falls to cold and the fuel gauge reads about half what is in the tank .
3 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 .
4 If you travel to Japan , one major difficulty will loom at you as soon as you get off the aeroplane : the language problem .
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 As you arrive off the ferry , there is a big sign saying ‘ Island Roads Are Different ’ .
7 We have a quick swim in the dark , cold water , touching the sandy bottom with our toes as we dive off the raft , the evening still bright , still hot .
8 We have ray subadditivity plus the fact that costs increase as we move off the ray .
9 Finally a UK-designed packaging plant wraps up palette loads of printers as they come off the production line .
10 Finally a UK-designed packaging plant wraps up palette loads of printers as they come off the production line .
11 We might ask desk officers to make an initial selection of important records as they come off the live system .
12 Ubiquitous , often cruel , jokes about mothers-in-law underline these ; how much pain they may give to some in the audience as they roll off the tongues of comedians .
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