Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vernon was arrested for leading an armed attack on the then Branch Davidian leader one George who 'd thrown him off the property . |
| 2 | She felt as though someone had pushed her off the pleasant , grassy path on which she had been walking , and down a vast , black cliff-face . |
| 3 | It must be nesting , and now my near approach had driven it off the nest . |
| 4 | Before Melissa realised what was happening , he had led her off the path and in among the trees . |
| 5 | ‘ It seems as if I really do need to lie down , ’ she said faintly , and then he had swept her off the ground and was carrying her to one of the low , comfortable sofas in a private alcove where donors who were feeling faint could eat and drink in peace and quiet as they recovered . |
| 6 | He had taken her off the streets and given her a home because he was besotted with her ; the home that Sarah 's mother had kept clean and cheerful even when her health was failing . |
| 7 | Nicola had taken them off the path and into a dense part of the wood . |
| 8 | The Briton would presumably have also been issued with a name-badge but with a British horror of self-advertisement had taken it off the moment he could . |
| 9 | It had been an exhausting day , Blanche reflected in the matter of a second : Christine Mills had unburdened her thoughts , Spittals had ordered her off the case , and now Marek Nowak had chosen that moment to reveal another fragment of the truth . |
| 10 | She told Dexter what had happened in the meeting with Spittals and how he had ordered her off the case , and she asked Dexter to go on helping her . |