Example sentences of "off [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bided my timing till the last , then , Gypsy Rose Lee-like , flung off my good nap coat to reveal all . |
| 2 | He was deadly serious , and the expression in his eyes set off her early warning system . |
| 3 | Then she proudly showed off her new school uniform . |
| 4 | PRINCESS Anne reluctantly showed off her new engagement ring yesterday — a large ruby flanked by two diamonds . |
| 5 | Last Autumn it gave up all pretence of continuing on in the business and sold off its Personal Mainframe hardware interests to clone newcomer Digital Systems Research ( UX No 407 ) . |
| 6 | The Open Software Foundation denies a scathing front-page story in last week 's Communications Week that practically writes off its Distributed Management Environment ( DME ) , charging it with being late , possibly too late to matter much to the marketplace , and with causing in-fighting between OSF 's technology suppliers . |
| 7 | The Museo Cantonale d'Arte , Lugano , Switzerland , kicks off its 1992 exhibition programme with a selection of recent acquisitions from the collection of Dr Panza di Biumo ( many of whose pieces are now also in the Guggenheim , New York ) which began in the 1950s with the purchase of works by Tàpies and Fautrier . |
| 8 | MOSCOW — Azerbaijan is showing no sign of bowing to Moscow and calling off its month-old rail blockade of Armenia , despite a Supreme Soviet decree empowering the government to send in troops to get trains moving , writes Rupert Cornwell . |
| 9 | One of the most striking features of IBM 's lamentable personal computer business is that there is not a single reason embedded in the hardware why IBM mainframe and AS/400 users should buy their personal computers from IBM rather than from its army of tormentors led by Compaq Computer Corp : presumably few customers have actually asked IBM for 3270 and 5250 emulation in ROM on the motherboard at no extra charge in its PS/2s — or perhaps IBM thought that would kill off its dumb tube business and resisted until it was too late — now it makes no money on personal computers and sells few dumb tubes . |
| 10 | But yesterday , as B&I showed off its 20,000 tonne vessel , the Isle of Innisfree , to travel agents , local civic leaders and the media , company officials said they were not worried by the opposition 's move . |
| 11 | But yesterday , as B&I showed off its 20,000 tonne vessel , the Isle of Innisfree , to travel agents , local civic leaders and the media , company officials said they were not worried by the opposition 's planned move . |
| 12 | Just 11,493 spectators turned up at Upton Park as ITV kicked off its live Football League coverage to rival Channel 4 's Italian action and Sky 's Premier League offering . |
| 13 | The drama is heightened by the fact that the MMB will soon float off its lucrative milk side , Dairy Crest . |
| 14 | Rangers kick off their European Cup campaign at home to Danish champions Lingby on Wednesday with the players on £4,000 a man to win the tie . |
| 15 | THE mineworkers ' unions yesterday agreed to call off their High Court bid to force British Coal to reopen and work 10 pits earmarked for early closure . |
| 16 | Singing constantly from a prominent post or in flight , they show off their beautiful spring black , white , grey and buff spring plumage in the hope it will prove irresistible to the first passing female . |
| 17 | Father Devlin boomed , taking off his tall silk hat as he strode into the wide , big , lamp-lit kitchen of the O'Malley farmhouse . |
| 18 | He swept off his black fur cap and his heavy cloak , revealing the scarlet velvet and golden armour which had been hidden beneath . |
| 19 | Pulling off his black leather jacket and kicking off his shoes , he threw himself on to a bed . |
| 20 | She decided he was one fat pig in Wimbledon who was not , could not , should not be brought under the knife of the evil abattoir man who lives , in case you need to know , in Clifton Road just off the common , and the story of how she fought off his terrible friend Farmer Dune , and rallied all the pigs of Wimbledon is the greatest story ever told . |
| 21 | Among the 950 pensioners at the gathering were , who was attending his 24th reunion at Park Royal , and one pensioner who was proudly showing off his 40 year service tie . |
| 22 | Chris had to stop ‘ Nothing Natural ’ as the beater fell off his bass drum pedal . |
| 23 | Next to him stood Comrade Clementis , who took off his own fur cap and set it on Gottwald 's bare head . |
| 24 | a young probationary constable is recommended to shave off his fashionable mandarin moustache before his first appraisal with the Divisional commander ( who himself has a 1940s style bush under his nose ) . |
| 25 | They agreed to reveal ( nearly ) all to kick off our ten-week Cellulite Roadshow diet and exercise challenge — and you can join in by following our weekly guide . |
| 26 | In the past we have also been able to show off our own fairytale Princess — the Americans worshipped Diana for her beauty and commitment to motherhood . |
| 27 | Do n't store old newspapers or other inflammable materials under the stairs , where they could fuel a fire and cut off your primary escape route . |
| 28 | And to round off your top-to-toe beauty treatment , the Clairol Foot Spa , £39.95 , is a thermostatically controlled water massage treatment for tired and aching feet . |
| 29 | Yours free just for sending off your Free Trial Card — this high quality oven mitt . |