Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought of startling Fred and Daisy with a flood of Italian when he met them off the boat train at Victoria Station , but at the sight of them his plans fled for excitement . |
| 2 | He propelled me off the terrace and through the shuttered dining-room . |
| 3 | J. V. Night duty was what got me off the job . |
| 4 | joined us just as we were ready to go overseas , he had just come out of er Flight School and of course his heart was set on being a fighter pilot and here he became a co-pilot so he was a very disappointed man and he did not stand up well in combat so there were n't too many missions , about five and I bounced him off the crew and would n't fly with him any more and got then other co-pilots to fly with me from our Squadron . |
| 5 | But mind I 'm surprised he was found strayed Nicole let him off the lead and he 's gone phew ! |
| 6 | He had never seen Mandy look contrite before , and he decided , wickedly , to make her suffer a bit before he let her off the hook . |
| 7 | The wolf took one look , snatched it off the steel hook — then looked round for somewhere to hide . |
| 8 | A Sunday in June found us off the entrance to Chichester harbour , close to where the Caducius sank . |
| 9 | ‘ We played them off the park for the first 25 minutes of the second half . ’ |
| 10 | But 78 players were unable to finish their rounds as torrential rain drove them off the course . |
| 11 | the goal of the week … has to be the United winner against Stoke … it lifted them off the bottom of the table … |
| 12 | Have n't I seen over the years what it has done to my husband , a man who lifted me off the shelf just before my sell-by date expired ? |
| 13 | What we 've got for the first time I suspect , since any of you joined this company and you take the experience over there as well , is that the time you spend two days together , and actually find out what it is that makes you go and I do n't suppose that happens often , , dropped you off the boat together for more than two hours at a time . |
| 14 | ‘ Sorry , son , ’ he murmured , and then the crew lifted him off the table , pillows and all , and strapped him into the ambulance . |
| 15 | Two of the guards shouldered their bows , grasped Twoflower by the elbows and lifted him off the ground . |
| 16 | ‘ Jess offered Diana a hug and the Princess lifted her off the ground , ’ said her proud mum Pam , 32 , from Florida . |
| 17 | A futile gesture , as he lifted her off the ground , and before she could react she was being carried unceremoniously to the house . |
| 18 | It just poked it off the end . |
| 19 | ‘ We got out of jail in Dublin and despite winning both games , they played us off the park ’ he claimed . |
| 20 | Yet Leicester , under no pressure , played us off the park . |
| 21 | The Swiss played us off the field in both our European ties a year ago , yet we managed to take three points from them . |
| 22 | Bus conductor , , tickets please , tick what 's a matter , mate ? well you know and the man threw me off the train and listen , he goes come on gov , give me the letter I 'll read it . |
| 23 | the man threw me off the bus and he goes all right then , let me read it . |
| 24 | I thought the hand-cranking on the ‘ 109 a bit dodgy , till an impatient Navy pilot threw me off the wing of a Harvard into the prop , miraculously only tearing my jacket and grazing my arm , putting me in dock for a couple of days . |
| 25 | I was painting the back of the house one Saturday , when she shook me off the ladder , I got a compound fracture on me left leg . |
| 26 | The steersman showed them off the boat . |
| 27 | I went and fetched them off the sheet counter . |
| 28 | ‘ Before we turned them off the ladder . ’ |
| 29 | He stripped them off the mattress and carried Willie down to the living room . |
| 30 | And what would you have done if Schemichal got hold of you and threw you off the pitch like last night ? |