Example sentences of "off [conj] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are provisions dealing with the repayment of loans paid to the settlor. ( a ) Loans paid off Where the capital sum paid to the settlor is a sum paid by way of loan and the whole of that loan is repaid , no part of that sum shall be treated as the settlor 's income for any year of assessment after that in which the repayment occurs ( TA 1988 , s677(4) ( a ) ) . |
| 2 | And the the moment that that sort of sole had worn off that the shoe repairer had put on it was n't allowed to go any further than that , it was taken off and another one put on . |
| 3 | One of the conspirators would ring the foreman to tip him off that the shop steward could be caught red-handed stealing company property if they searched him at the gate . |
| 4 | At the same time the press had been tipped off that the Health Minister was leaving the country on holiday from Heathrow and half a dozen photographers had literally chased on to the runway to photograph him . |
| 5 | No sooner had they been fought off than the east monsoon brought a fresh invasion from the kingdoms of the Moluccas . |
| 6 | In one corner of the rectangular office a television set had not been switched off and the title sequence of a forgotten film from the seventies flickered silently on the screen . |
| 7 | Trains between Darlington and Cleveland were stopped , the site evacuated and cordoned off and the Army bomb squad summoned from Catterick Garrison , North Yorkshire . |
| 8 | She only had the part of my address which was printed in the magazine but she sent her letter off and the post office did the rest . |
| 9 | At extubation the oxygen/air was switched off and the pulse rate , blood pressure , and oxygen saturation were subsequently recorded every 10 minutes for one hour . |
| 10 | The second type : considerably fewer relics of serfdom , the landowner has to a considerable extent already become a capitalist , the peasants are better off and the peasant market has a greater capacity , etc . |
| 11 | I wore it just about half a dozen times , during which the button came off and the lining split . |
| 12 | The orders were very strict that one could not move off until the oil temperature was above the minimum and on this occasion I was quite determined to make up the time . |
| 13 | PAT CLINTON 's second defence of his WBO flyweight title , against South African ‘ Baby ’ Jake Matlala , has had to be called off because the world champion is suffering from a back complaint . |
| 14 | Here , because it could be inferred that the defendant knew that the police could not drive off while the van door was still open , he was aware that he was obstructing the police , and intended therefore to do so . |
| 15 | Some district council 's elect all their councillors once every four years — others elect a third of them each year with a year off while the county council elections are held . |
| 16 | He had been wearing a blue sweatshirt over his T-shirt , which he had taken off after the pub fight broke out . |
| 17 | She broke off as the office door opened and Debbie burst into the room . |
| 18 | Was this from an animal which was cut off when the ice bridge connecting Islay to Ireland melted more than 6,000 years ago ? |
| 19 | He formed Alexander Hughes & Associates in 1965 , which was hived off when the parent company was sold to Hogg Robinson in 1967 . |
| 20 | Magistrates granted it a license despite objections from police and local people , but the rave was called off when the security firm involved pulled out . |
| 21 | ‘ This new scheme will ensure that , where local authorities spend at a sensible level , no ratepayer or ratepaying couple anywhere in the country will be more than £3 a week worse off when the community charge is introduced , ’ he said . |