Example sentences of "and [noun] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she has this threatening jacket , a dark linen one which she can pop on over the Lycra , and it has big shoulders and big assertive buttons and nips in at the waist , and this means , ‘ Fun I may be , but business is business and I will rip your arms and legs off in the boardroom if you let me . ’ |
| 2 | He had sent jacket and paper off to the laboratories , demanding an instant report . |
| 3 | The astonished reptile released its grip just long enough for Laba to break free and stagger off down the track — with the serpent in hot pursuit apparently loudly vocalizing with the same sibilant barks which we were later to hear ourselves while filming a python hunt . |
| 4 | Most of us , the slim as well as the overweight , have uttered that plaintive wail : ‘ Oh , I should n't have done it ! ’ , as we pat our far from comfortable stomachs after a particularly tempting feast , like Christmas dinner , and stagger off for the Rennies . |
| 5 | She had left Chetwynd Magna at ten o'clock , having seen both Gay and Felicity off by the London train ; and now it was nearly three , and her feet were cold ; she had eaten the sandwiches Matron had cut for her , and of course she had read all her papers hours and hours ago . |
| 6 | And we can still go for cocktails at the Frasers ’ and bridge at the McAlpines and tee off with the Gordons and cruise with the Hamiltons with a united front , a respectable face , ca n't we , Fergus ? ’ |