Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to strip off the tape , but it was too tough and his fingers were numb and he could n't find where it began . |
| 2 | It tried to jump off the table and had to be held firmly so that Sophie could freeze the surrounding area before lancing it . |
| 3 | She tried to tear off the balaclava , but it was tied around the neck , so in her shame and fear she attempted to shield her body with her handcuffed arms . |
| 4 | When she hastily drew away and tried to wriggle off the bed he caught her wrist and pulled her back . |
| 5 | Bananas and apples helped to stave off the effect of raging thirst … |
| 6 | She pushed back her hair where it had slipped from the bandanna , then tried to shrug off the tension with a sigh . |
| 7 | An elderly man , who was walking his pet , collapsed when he tried to beat off the Rottweiler . |
| 8 | With her tongue she tried to wash off the blood that covered him . |
| 9 | After I introduced the hemp earlier the fish seemed to go off the feed so I only introduced it for four or five casts . |
| 10 | Witness Gordon Ansty , 27 , said : ‘ Something seemed to fall off the cockpit . ’ |
| 11 | Suddenly one name seemed to leap off the page from among the hundreds of unknowns — it was Dana 's , and it was followed by his address and telephone number . |
| 12 | The photograph seemed to leap off the page to hit her . |
| 13 | The entry seemed to jump off the page , twisting her stomach painfully . |
| 14 | A gaunt building , Roscommon 's former prison formed a wall that seemed to seal off the end of the town . |
| 15 | The trouble was that the paper never seemed to get off the ground , which was typical of the Big Flame and ‘ Beyond the Fragments ’ approach . |
| 16 | The breezes seemed to skim off the water like stones . |
| 17 | Owen waved Cynan furiously onward , and turned to stand off the assault . |
| 18 | So she eased the car forward a few inches more — but forgot to take off the lock . |
| 19 | Not knowing how to refuse without sounding churlish , she looked down and absently began to smooth off the roughness of the article she was holding with an emery cloth . |
| 20 | He was unaware of the other aircraft until both began to veer off the side of the runway . |
| 21 | In the beginning Lee took it to heart , and at one time threatened to walk off the course . |
| 22 | One by one Europe 's heroes began to climb off the floor and mount a furious offensive which for a time at least threatened to overpower their rivals . |
| 23 | At their feet the edge of the net began to shift off the deck . |
| 24 | since the car began to roll off the line . |
| 25 | He paused , put the rod on the table , and began to take off the cloth . |
| 26 | In April a restlessness seemed to come into the air as the village began to throw off the lethargy of winter . |
| 27 | These weaknesses were exploited by the Bolsheviks in 1917 when Vikzhel , the old railway trade union , threatened to cut off the capital and the government from the rest of Russia unless Lenin listened to its political demands . |
| 28 | After a while we decided to round off the day by taking ourselves to the cinema , and ended up by catching the 11pm liberty wagon back to camp . |
| 29 | I went on the road when I was 19 , I needed to come off the road so I knew who I was . |
| 30 | Wycliffe decided to call off the search which would release at least a dozen men to return to normal duties . |