Example sentences of "off [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We chose all our services in London — knock ten per cent off to compare with the rest of Britain . |
| 2 | He goes off to report to the sergeant . |
| 3 | The other girls followed suit , and the waitress , after a moment 's hesitation , wrung in turn the outstretched hands before hurrying off to attend to the needs of a customer who , to judge by his impatience , was in the last stages of starvation . |
| 4 | ‘ That evening my older brother and I set off to go to the pictures only to find they were closed , we did not have a television and the wireless was only playing sombre music , ’ says Mrs Smith , who now lives at Campsie Close , Lambton Village , Washington . |
| 5 | That 's why I kept putting it off to go to the doctor to get help 'cos I thought that , with me having kids , he would automatically ring the social services and tell them . |
| 6 | The Land Rover pulled into the ambulance unloading bay at the hospital and then moved off to wait in the staff car park while Donaldson took Mrs Balanchine to the men 's ward . |
| 7 | Faced with such a threat … spiders may be better off lurking beneath the plughole from now on . |
| 8 | John and wife Pam had written off to appear on the programme only to discover there were 10,000 applicants . |
| 9 | The bar was crowded with men coming off shift from the electronics factory all arguing heatedly about a disputed penalty in a soccer match being shown on a T.V. set above the counter , the fact that the match had taken place two months before in no way diminishing the fervour of the argument . |
| 10 | After a cursory check , Myeloski went off to talk to the guard at the gate and find a torch . |
| 11 | She pretended not to see David Rosen who appeared on the step as they drove off to talk to the men at the place where they gathered before work . |
| 12 | João went off hunting in the Alentejo with his friends for the last three days before the wedding , so Sara had little opportunity to get to know him better . |
| 13 | There 's nothing wrong with that ’ — STEVE TSHWETE ( ANC executive ) on suggestions that the New Zealand tour to South Africa should be called off owing to the Boipatong massacre . |
| 14 | We lay on the hard , orange clay and went through the different procedures that we would use when we went off to fire on the shooting range . |
| 15 | Gloria was officially still at school but took most afternoons off to help in the shop , for which she got paid . |
| 16 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 17 | You would also be billed for help in rescuing a cat from a tree — you 'd be better off going to the RSPCA who will save your moggy cost-free . |
| 18 | You may be better off going to the RSPCA , which is free |
| 19 | Meanwhile , those of you yet to take out a home-loan but thinking of doing so might be better off going for the repayment version where you pay off a little bit of the loan and interest as you go along . |
| 20 | ‘ It has n't been any good for you , ’ her mother looked about to be certain Joseph was not with earshot even thought he had just gone off to fish in the lake , ‘ all this … ’ she added , unnecessarily , casting an accusing look in the direction of the inn parlour . |
| 21 | The lifeboat then lay off waiting for the tug . |
| 22 | She wished him goodnight , and set off to walk up the hill , her feet scarcely touching the ground . |
| 23 | My meals came free also , at the nearby cafeteria , and I had an hour off to walk around the town . |
| 24 | Wanted to know if I could remember whether Mr Meredith went off riding on the day Anna was attacked . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You 'd have been better off staying in the hole ! |
| 26 | She may have discovered a nest of young rabbits , a delicacy indeed in her terms , had a very good meal and then gone off to sleep within the rabbit 's nest . |
| 27 | but oh dear but he , mum did get him off to sleep in the end |
| 28 | It may well have been used to make bows for local archers who went off to fight in the battle of Agincourt . |
| 29 | And it will be sited on land troops trained on before going off to fight in the Somme . |
| 30 | Indeed , many of those children whose fathers went off to fight in the war experienced that same sense of inner rejection , even though as they grew older they were able to understand the truth of the matter . |