Example sentences of "come off [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've planned me route , I 'm going down the M six , I need to come off at the spaghetti junction whatever it is , and I 'm going to check me clock and I 'm going allow plenty of time to get there . |
2 | On these occasions the gloves came off as the Service most adversely affected sought support in Parliament , in the media , from industry , and from the electorate , in what it saw as its fight for survival . |
3 | Shoes came off in the water . |
4 | coming off at the trunk see like that |
5 | When there was a sense of unrest and what not , and then first one ship then the other , starts shuddering but before that happened we saw Germans coming off in the rafts and that . |
6 | Given the general distrust of authority amongst the user population and the problems encountered in obtaining treatment and successfully coming off in the community , there is obviously a need for a service which is seen by users to be impartial . |
7 | I FIND it absolutely incredible that last week 's contributor , the anonymous Carrick fan , can come off with the statement ‘ Everyone knows Mr Brodie likes Linfield ’ . |
8 | Okay , so they 've other P H I benefit , that must come off of the equation , because we , otherwise we 'll be paying it as well as another insurance company , which mean he 'll be better off financially , by being off work sick , yes . |
9 | ‘ Yes , Dick ; the makings of a good one there , though I do n't know how he 'll come off in the Forces . ’ |
10 | I stick on my coat and jam the hat on so it wo n't come off in the wind . |
11 | But be careful , Write-Protect labels can come off inside the drive an cause a real mess ! |
12 | ‘ Good ’ work has to be seen as More than crime-fighting : ‘ Like , this is the sort of job that you come off at the end of the night and say to yourself ‘ What did I do ? ’ |
13 | What that group wants to know , of course , is what he will do when the golden handcuffs come off at the end of next year . |
14 | and if you got to change the wheel or anything you got a , there 's some clips , you undo the clips down the driver and the back hand comes off with the wheel |
15 | It comes off with the makeup . ’ |
16 | It comes off with the makeup . |
17 | Oranges that are to be peeled and eaten should also be washed , because the fungicide is contained in a wax layer which comes off on the hands during peeling and then contaminates the fruit . |
18 | ‘ After three or four weeks a suntan comes off in the bath , but you have damaged your skin and maybe even have skin cancer — why compromise yourself ? |