Example sentences of "[to-vb] she off [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benny knew they would come to meet her off the bus . |
| 2 | Lord Grubb knew well enough that Algy dreaded her visits , and to let her off the trial of breakfasting with her mother he had installed a complicated route of strings and pulleys that led from her second-storey bedroom to the basement . |
| 3 | But Matthew Blake did not seem prepared to let her off the hook so easily . |
| 4 | But Ven , she discovered , was not prepared to let her off the hook , and , ‘ Why … ’ he began to challenge , ‘ … when you 're honest , I know it , yet have begun on a path of deception to one particular end — why , when it 's so important to your sister whom — you love … ’ an alert look suddenly came to his eyes , and he broke off for a brief moment before continuing , his serious dark eyes holding hers ‘ … a sister whom you 'd do anything for , as you proved when you left England and came here — why are you ready to leave now , without another thought ? ’ |
| 5 | The boy had been told unequivocally not to let her off the lead — the riding-school only used the land by grace of its owner and it was a shooting estate — but he hated keeping the dog straining at the lead and knew that she would always come to his call . |
| 6 | Who would want to run her off the road the way the Audi had done ? |
| 7 | No , he was n't trying to run her off the road ; he was trying to kill her . |
| 8 | At 2200 the casualty refloated herself under her own power , but as the rudder was jammed the lifeboat came in again to secure a towline from the casualty 's bow to keep her off the sand . |
| 9 | He flicked the corner of his cloak at Izzie to clear her off the table — as if to touch her would dirty his hands . |
| 10 | Retired school secretary Anne Stern , 73 , was on her way to spend Thanksgiving with relatives when two shabbily-dressed youths pulled in front of her and began trying to force her off the road . |
| 11 | When Nora 's dress fell to her knees he pulled her swiftly to him , trying to lift her off the ground . |
| 12 | The Hispaniola was moving by herself now , the sea high enough to take her off the beach . |
| 13 | Blanche understood the people who must have put pressure on the commander to take her off the case : MI5 and Urquhart 's boss , Capron . |
| 14 | The duty manager had to drag her off the dance-floor during the cabaret show . |