Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He repeated the Comintern formula that " the united front can only be built up from below , by the workers themselves , not as a corrupt bargain of the reformist leaders and disorganisers of the struggle endeavouring to buy off the criticism of the revolutionaries , but as the solid class front of the workers " . |
| 2 | Then they hit the main road and he opened the bike up and for an awful second she thought she was going to slide off the back . |
| 3 | Candidates include : the inability or unwillingness of the Federal Reserve to stem the banking panic and maintain the money supply ; the failure to use fiscal policy intelligently ( up to and including Franklin Roosevelt 's New Deal after 1933 ) ; the uses and abuses of the gold standard ( Britain deciding to go back on the gold standard in 1925 at the pre-1914 parity , then deciding to come off the standard altogether in 1931 ; the refusal of many countries , especially America , to follow gold-standard rules ) ; the outbreak of trade war sparked by America 's Smoot-Hawley tariffs in 1930 ; and so on . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm going to seal off the back of the car with a sheet of soundproof glass . |
| 5 | ‘ If it ever gets made , ’ says Howard , ‘ because I do n't think it 's ever going to get off the ground . |
| 6 | ‘ You knew that I was going to break off the engagement anyway , so it 's not exactly the end of the world for me . |
| 7 | ADVANCED VISUAL ATTEMPTING TO SHRUG OFF THE PAST WITH AVS 4.0 |
| 8 | He opened his lips , struggling to put off the pride and bitterness that held him mute ; but the slight rustle of the tapestry at the door spoke first , and eloquently , and when he looked up David was gone , leaving still silent on the air between them the name that was not to be spoken . |
| 9 | It has been an almost Darwinian process , of course , with those failing to shrug off the stereotype simply going out of business and removing themselves from the genetic pool . |
| 10 | By threatening to cut off the bank 's loans , he forced his cousins to turn the company 's management over to professionals . |
| 11 | She was triumphant , and slid the padlock out of the iron loops , intending to take off the collar , but Midnight said : |
| 12 | Which is struggling to get off the ground . |
| 13 | It wiped the spittle , trying to clean off the dirt . |
| 14 | Preston shrugged , trying to cast off the memory . |
| 15 | Scott heard it at last and looked around , fumbling for the taps , trying to turn off the shower . |
| 16 | But , despite her hunger , she took as long as possible over the simple meal , desperately trying to stave off the moment when they would have nothing to do except talk or sleep . |
| 17 | Although there was a desperation at first , everyone trying to get off the dole queue , there was also a sense that it was the start of a lot of careers , a big break . |
| 18 | He did trying to get off the drink . |
| 19 | Anyway I went to see Foxy at lunchtime and erm and he said that erm er and I mentioned it to him and I said you know do n't go up to Sal and say Jess is feeling like erm you know , feeling that he 's , feeling really jealous because er if , if Sal is trying to get back that will just like please him , you know , if he is trying , if that 's the whole aim of the whole , you know , the operation then , then he 'll just feel pleased and it will also embarrass Jessica and she does n't want and if , and if it 's not , if it was nothing , you know , she 'll feel embarrassed so please do n't say anything and he said no no I 'll just make some subtle , subtle comment and he went up to , he told me that he went up to Sal and he goes erm and he says how 's everything going with Jessica and Sal goes yeah it 's good and , and he go erm cos er Phil erm cos Foxy goes oh cos it 's , it 's going really well with me and Catriona , it 's going really well I 'm really enjoying it , what about you , you know , and Sal goes yeah , it 's really good and Foxy goes erm you know is it , is it a long term thing then , you looking for a long term thing do you think and Sal goes yeah , what about you and Foxy goes yeah yeah definitely yeah , you know , cos he was doing it subtly so I came back and I said to Jess you know really , an and Foxy said there was nothing strange about , it was no f you know it was definitely to fe s f erm Sal was er you know being truthful , there was not like erm yeah well yeah you know and trying to get off the subject , it was n't it was completely , yeah , it 's brilliant , going really well , really enjoying it and it 's gon na be long term sort of thing . |
| 20 | And er this was him trying to get off the subject when he was getting a bit nervous I think . |
| 21 | and like you 're trying to get off the train , d' you mind |
| 22 | Farmers here are trying to shrug off the legacy of communism and collective farming which caused the steady decline in agriculture and Don Powell has come to their aid . |
| 23 | But Seaman , one of those criticised in the shock reverse by Norwich , said : ‘ We 've had a disappointing start but we are hoping to get off the bottom against Liverpool . |
| 24 | But Hughes is hoping to brush off the knock in time to face League champions Leeds on Sunday . |
| 25 | He has a two-pronged response to the increase in Ecstasy use : ‘ We 're trying to cut off the supply , ’ he says . |
| 26 | Overall the statistics provided some evidence to support the view of Mr Major and his predecessor , Mr Nigel Lawson , that high interest rates would slow the economy , helping to choke off the boom in imports and putting pressure on industry to boost exports . |