Example sentences of "off [coord] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In various ways the British , French , Italians , the Poles and the Russians all failed when seeking ‘ to buy Hitler off or use him to their own advantage ’ . |
| 2 | If you have no secretary to fend off telephone calls turn the telephone off or take it off the hook while you are conducting the interview . |
| 3 | Has the Prime Minister seen the prospectus from Pathfinders Repossessions plc , which is a company which proposes to buy repossessed homes at auction and then flog them off or rent them at a huge profit ? |
| 4 | Well I 'm telling you they stuck it they had a sort of flat bottomed cart and they used to stick it in and when they came there they , they lifted it off and stuck it in the ground and it was just similar to that only it was hooped |
| 5 | Oh you 've got to take your ring off and measure it round the circle . |
| 6 | ’ Farrell switched the two-way off and jammed it into the seat pocket beside him . |
| 7 | I 'm looking for the magical pleasureboat , to carry us off and lose us in a kingdom out at sea . |
| 8 | Shall I shall I just write off and send them like pound or donation and a few leaflets could |
| 9 | He waved Rostov to an empty place at his side , and one of the aides drew Yuan and Alexei off and seated them among younger men . |
| 10 | With one swift motion McGowan reached up , took the glasses off and tucked them in his pocket . |
| 11 | She , no she , cos she 'd s what , he 'd done his business pel pissed off and left her in this house and she did n't even know . |
| 12 | Dad patted me on the head and Mum gives me this little kiss on the cheek and then they went off and left me with this old woman . |
| 13 | But then you rushed off and left me without a chance to say the most important thing of all … ’ |
| 14 | Three children , aged between four and seven , scream as uniformed East Berlin police drag them and their mother off and push them into a lorry as they stand outside the US embassy in East Berlin , hoping desperately to get inside . |
| 15 | I said I 'm going to have to clear that and delete a bit of stuff off and load it with and load WordPerfect again . |
| 16 | I broke the filter off and tapped it on my thumb before I took a light from him . |
| 17 | Ignoring me , he chewed the end off and parked it in an ashtray . |
| 18 | The kitchen was full of smoke , servants and Sara 's brothers , who had recently returned from a day 's hunting in the mountains and who were getting in everyone 's way by taking their boots off and leaving them to steam before the flames . |
| 19 | Far better to broaden their remit through touring , education work , equal opportunities , it argues , than to cut them off and drive them into the arms of market forces . |
| 20 | This closes the opponent off and presents you with a good opportunity to continue the block into the opponent 's face . |
| 21 | I took my clothes off and put them into one of the largest warships . |
| 22 | He took his glasses off and put them on the table , and his eyes were dancing as she had n't seen them dance since the night he had revealed the identity of Miguelito . |
| 23 | A burglar who took his socks off and put them on his hands to avoid leaving fingerprints was caught red-footed when he was arrested … because of the footprints he left . |
| 24 | I like to look at other women wearing pretty jewels — I do n't want to grab them off and put them in my pocket … not frequently , anyhow . |
| 25 | Who do you think stripped your clothes off and put you to bed ? ’ |
| 26 | Kate pulled her coat off and put it on the banisters . |
| 27 | I saw the cord and took it off and put it in my pocket . |
| 28 | And you ken they used to lift it off and put it in the ground . |
| 29 | ‘ Wash it off and put it in the meter for me , would you , Tom ? |
| 30 | Bet if I took his jacket off and put it in that washer it 'd of fallen to bits cos it was that mucky . |