Example sentences of "the [noun] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | There were no lights near by or below him but he could see the lake stretching into the night off to the left , its surface catching the lights of the buildings and city sky over by the edge of the Park . |
| 32 | We could n't have left a tap on , as we had taken the precaution of turning the water off at the mains , so where could it be coming from ? |
| 33 | ‘ The brigade actually sets the fireworks off on the ramparts of the castle , ’ fire safety officer Denis Neads said yesterday . |
| 34 | Hand 's team , however , replied impressively seven minutes later when Maskell , transfer-listed at his own request after scoring 33 goals last season , scored his first of this , Cecere laying the ball off to the ambitious young man whose crisp drive was a powerful argument for a rise in status . |
| 35 | If Deane been told to be target man and also lay the ball off for the likes of rodders and Speed then he 's OK this season , but £3 mil for a STRIKER ! ! |
| 36 | In the next attack Toman again ran at the defence and laid the ball off for the supporting Les McJannet ten yards out , but the full back was denied by a last ditch tackle . |
| 37 | Because what defence mechanisms do is is as says , is fend the unconscious off from the conscious . |
| 38 | and there was one week that Pat came , because I used to get the meat off of the van by the gate then , and I do n't know what it was this week , but I bought the meat ready minced and when I come to give it to you , I knew there 'd be complaints , I do n't know what we were having |
| 39 | Although Evert had the day off from the Federation Cup yesterday , her presence was still felt , particularly by the Australian team , who surprisingly defeated Bulgaria 2-1 . |
| 40 | Go and turn the television off in the kitchen please . |
| 41 | On a difficult pitch Witney played some very attractive football , and with a little more luck could have finished the game off in the first half . |
| 42 | While the quality of play , and competition , at the top end of the women 's game has increased superbly in the last few years , the drop off after the first half dozen or so , is still equally evident . |
| 43 | We get the morning off after the scheme , but I reckon we shall be pretty tired . |
| 44 | The aim , Basson alleged , was to split the Zulus off from the ANC , which was substantially supported by South Africa 's other major tribe , the Xhosa , and ultimately to ensure that eventual multiracial elections were won by an alliance of Inkatha and others regarded by the SADF as " moderates " . |
| 45 | well they 've got a guest house where they rent , they let five of the rooms off in the summer to such millionaires |
| 46 | He dropped the logs off in the kitchen , adding a couple to the stove , and put the kettle on . |
| 47 | A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said : ‘ A woman who did some shopping for the couple dropped the items off at the house . |
| 48 | Wearing the spots off from the inside , |
| 49 | She looked slyly at my master , just like Queen Margaret had , though she greeted us civilly enough , ordering servants to take our guide and the baggage off to the guest house while she entertained us with cups of wine , fresh-baked bread and huge bowls of hot spicy broth . |
| 50 | Your car is parked in the road off to the right . |
| 51 | Love , she wanted to shout , only his mirthless smile cut the word off in the throat , and then her breathing was cut off as well as he placed one of her hands on the accelerated pulse beating in his neck . |
| 52 | It has also been running for the past three weeks against The Free Frenchman , which may turn out to be a turbo-tortoise but which started as the turn off of the week . |
| 53 | At the post office there is a clear indication for the turn off to the left , which very soon becomes a forest track that comes out on to a metalled road after 10 minutes walk . |
| 54 | The chaos happened after workmen resurfaced a mile and a half stretch of the motorway north of junction 16 between Watford Gap and the turn off for the M-45 . |
| 55 | He takes the cup off of the table and sticks it on his trolley . |
| 56 | Several hours later Sten found a warden who sailed out to the island and dropped the guys off on the nearest bit of mainland . |
| 57 | It took me about a day each to write , seal , stamp and post this letter of mine , but I managed to get the thing off in the end . |
| 58 | If you 've got an alarm which is faulty and repeatedly goes off then , nine times out of ten , you ought to switch the thing off in the first place . |
| 59 | I mean he 's alright but he 's rude to the little ones and after you have to take the plates away and scrape all the food off in the bins . |
| 60 | Remember to turn the printer off with the Escape sequence ENQ ] ( ASCII codes 5 & 93 ) when you have finished . |