Example sentences of "[to-vb] he off [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been cheaper to have taken the coach , if longer , but Dr Bailey had sent a curt postcard telling him it would be best for her to meet him off the noon train ; the campus was some way out of town , it would be best that way . |
| 2 | The prize , however , was taken by the Lithuanian who decided to liven up Roger Payne 's ascent of Comes The Dervish by trying to pull him off the crux . |
| 3 | Culley wondered why she 'd decided to let him off the hook . |
| 4 | Well , she was n't going to let him off the hook that easily . |
| 5 | Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it . |
| 6 | When Terry succumbed Safi refused to leave him off the chain at night . |
| 7 | Soon it was raining hard enough , Stephen noted dismally , to keep him off the moor for the evening . |
| 8 | Had to scrape him off the flag stones with this here spatula . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ That guy 's going to need a submarine to scrape him off the bottom . ’ |
| 10 | And he would expect it to get him off the hook . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't remember riding for Jonjo before , but it would be great to get him off the mark and this horse certainly has a bit of a chance , ’ smiled Willie who is closing fast on another century . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't you dare ! ’ she squealed , trying to push him off the edge of the sun-lounger and into the swimming-pool , which was how the accident yesterday had happened , fooling around by the poolside like a couple of kids when Ruth had slipped on a supposedly non-slip surface and wrenched her ankle . |
| 13 | The German was too heavy for her to drag down the steps , so she reluctantly decided to push him off the catwalk . |
| 14 | Far from moderating his condemnation of Mansell 's start-line performance in Estoril the previous week , the world champion stuck to his allegation that Mansell had deliberately tried to push him off the track . |
| 15 | Why did n't Luke damn well help him , instead of threatening to throw him off the film ? |
| 16 | Massingberd-Mundy , a 62-year-old former Royal Navy submarine commander of South Ormsby Hall , Louth , was attempting to quash a decision by the Club to strike him off the list of potential chairmen of the stewards ' panel at Doncaster racecourse . |