Example sentences of "the [noun] off in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pole jerks the hunters off in the right direction rather like a heavyweight human-diviner . |
| 2 | Walkman , alarm clock , my winter pyjamas ( too hot , I 'd thrown the duvet off in the middle of the night ) , my wash-'n'-make-up bag , and necessities . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , although it is easy to see why the thrust of the arguments has throughout been to concentrate on the charging of the suspect and ( in the light of Ex parte Saunders ) on the association of a renewed caution with any exercise of the Director 's powers where the person under interrogation has already been charged , I believe that the result has been to set the inquiry off in the wrong direction . |
| 4 | Go and turn the television off in the kitchen please . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | well they 've got a guest house where they rent , they let five of the rooms off in the summer to such millionaires |
| 7 | He dropped the logs off in the kitchen , adding a couple to the stove , and put the kettle on . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But I do have to say that if you take the time off in the middle of term , I 'm afraid I wo n't be able to guarantee your post when you return to us . ’ |
| 13 | After casting about in vain for several minutes to pick up their quarry 's lost line , their frustration had abated into impatience and Satan had led the pack off in the direction of the tree-line to the westward . |
| 14 | He stared at her for a minute , then stripped to the waist and started to scrub the clay off in the basin of steaming water . |