Example sentences of "off [art] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had taken to finishing off the flat beer left in cans by the members of Norris 's itinerant card school after its frequent visits chez nous , and was seriously considering starting to steal from bookshops in an attempt to raise some cash . |
| 2 | A screen of local officers would fan out across the fields to fend off the curious seeking to approach cross-country . |
| 3 | Remove the slide and the coverslip and rinse off the staining mixture using de-ionized water . |
| 4 | When the time comes to settle your Access account , you have the option of paying off the whole amount owing , without it costing you a penny in interest , or of repaying a portion of it and paying interest on what is left . |
| 5 | Statistically , most Koi that shuffle off the mortal scale do so within two or three years of existence . |
| 6 | DENNIS CONNER , the defending America 's Cup skipper , shrugged off a poor start to claim his fifth win in six races against Bill Koch 's America Foundation in San Diego yesterday and needs only one more win to assure no worse than a sail-off for a place in the defenders ' final . |
| 7 | A FORMER Marine commando of 73 beat off a masked raider armed , masked raider who burst into an elderly woman 's home . |
| 8 | Fortunately , Alan Judge was in fine form , pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game . |
| 9 | Shearer demonstrating just why he is the most complete striker in the game today , was always at the heart of Blackburn 's best moves , and in the 55th minute he instigated an attack which culminated in Mike Hooper pulling off a desperate save to keep out a Gordon Cowans drive . |
| 10 | He converted from close range after Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich pulled off a desperate save to keep out a Gary Megson point-blank header from Ian Crook 's corner . |
| 11 | The Americans have pulled off a technological miracle to stage the US Cup game against Germany in Detroit 's Silverdome . |
| 12 | I have cut him off , she knew , as a doctor will cut off a much-needed limb to save a life . |
| 13 | The meeting , to be followed by talks between their heads of government tomorrow , could head off a Russian threat to cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine unless it pays for the gas it received in January . |
| 14 | In the 59th minute Ironside brought off a full-stretch save to touch the ball away when Wilkinson was perilously close to heading into his own goal from Thompson 's free kick . |
| 15 | He did come close to going on pension once at the age of 75 he sent off a perfunctory letter asking for retirement . |
| 16 | Relieved Rangers manager Walter Smith knew it would need something special to break Marseille 's French resistance , and McSwegan provided it by finishing off a superb move started by Ian Durrant . |
| 17 | A farmer has been forced to call off a bizarre attempt to charm his hop crop . |
| 18 | A MAN sparked off a full scale alert last night after he refused to be rescued as he drifted a mile and a half off shore in the North Sea in only a five foot toy dinghy . |
| 19 | DO YOU FANCY leaping off a high place attached to earth by only a large rubber band ? |
| 20 | And right at the death , when Bangor were down to 14 men with scrum half Stephen Matchett receiving treatment , McMaster finished off a fine move sparked by McCall 's half break . |
| 21 | Haslemere sweeper Ferguson and the defence of Crombie , Hull and man-of-the-match Cracknell were pushed to protect 'keeper Bradshaw who pulled off a remarkable stick save . |
| 22 | AN Ayrshire schoolboy 's shock at conditions in an East African secondary school has sparked off a remarkable effort to help the pupils . |
| 23 | His two overcards made Jacobs at the off a 1.73–1 favourite to win the hand . |
| 24 | And Cambridge almost wrapped up the game in the first few minutes of the second half but were denied by Oldham goalkeeper John Keeley , who pulled off an excellent save to push away a curling , 20-yard Chris Leadbetter free-kick , then fingertipped a header from Mick Heathcote on to the crossbar . |