Example sentences of "i [verb] off [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ As from today ’ , he writes in his resignation letter , ’ I tear off the mask of studied ambiguity that your organization did give me twelve years ago .
2 I fought off the duvet and padded to the door , grabbing a towel from the bathroom to wrap around my waist and avoiding a cunning ankle-tap trip-and-throw move from Springsteen .
3 At last I stumble off the path into complete darkness .
4 I cut off the path proper and charged up over a dune and down its other side to where the service pipe carrying the water and electricity to the house appears out of the sand and crosses the creek .
5 The night shift volunteer was standing next to me getting ready to come on to the phones and as I came off a call he started to chat to me .
6 I let off the snow hook , Rayo heads for the tree , Kaisa leaps out of the way , Sunniva follows her round and it 's back to knitting in seconds .
7 ‘ A week last Wednesday I dropped off a load of wood here on my way to Windsor races .
8 I wipe off the condensation : ‘ John Belushi died here . ’
9 I paid off the tab at the Tomorrowman and took a stroll over .
10 I trudge off the platform on to the exit gantry and look below .
11 For me it begins to be noticeable at the railway station where I get off the train each evening , and becomes gradually stronger , like a magnetic field , as I walk up the hill .
12 The driver calls ‘ Loving ’ and I get off the bus … ’
13 I go to my nephew 's for tea on Saturday afternoons and if the weather 's not too bad I get off the bus in Glenfair Road and walk down the Drive .
14 When I drive off the boat , I always have a desire to go through the Red Channel .
15 However , as soon as I drive off the temperature gauge falls to cold and the fuel gauge reads about half what is in the tank .
16 At the end of the hour , before I lift off the lid of the box , the orthodox principles of quantum theory bid me consider the cat to be in a state which is an even-handed superposition of the states " alive " and " dead " .
17 ’ It got … boring , ’ I said vaguely , as I pulled off the helmet and my mask .
18 I prised off a scab and gave it the tongue test .
19 I broke off a piece of wood or whatever it is from a tree , if that 's a tree , and flung it at one of the huge pancake things like giant water-lily leaves that floated on the surface of the water .
20 I started off the way I write every album — wrote a couple of songs , got a feel for the music and called up the musicians that I thought I could do the songs with .
21 I started off the season feeling great and scoring goals , but now I 'm right back on the floor again . ’
22 What I 'm sorry I switched off a couple of minutes ago
23 I switched off the machine and went back to the counter .
24 Then I switched off the music centre and strolled over to the window to take a last look at the night outside .
25 Feeling a headache coming on , I switched off the terminal , stretched out on my bunk and returned to my interrupted reverie , mingled with more speculation about why phetam should be so valuable .
26 I switched off the tape , realizing that I would have to listen another time to find out what the preacher was really saying .
27 I switched off the motor and turned round to her .
28 At the A227 turn-off I switched off the cassette-player so I could concentrate on the terrain .
29 I switched off the light and closed the kitchen door quickly , thankful for the seal I had fixed under it .
30 I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky .
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