Example sentences of "and [vb base] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 2 | It is still early and you can drive out towards Apt and branch off across the Lubéron . |
| 3 | TRANSFORMER 2 follow up their massive ‘ Pacific Symphony Too ’ club hit with ‘ Fruit Of Love ’ , already creating a stir and set to step out of the clubs and branch off into higher regions . |
| 4 | Ring up a dealer and sell off at least two-thirds of your filing cabinets . |
| 5 | They raise them to shoulder level , and back off from the small crowd . |
| 6 | So it 's often sheer neglect on the part of the home owner that allows the thief to gain entry , and make off with your treasured possessions . |
| 7 | They 're cheeky enough to approach a picnic party for scraps of food , then snatch a teaspoon and make off with it . ’ |
| 8 | If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal . |
| 9 | However , the real action is when you jump into the cockpit and zoom off down the runway to strike a blow against the evil Quadaffi . |
| 10 | Why do the starlings in my garden pull up stalks of marjoram and fly off with them ? |
| 11 | At the last minute the parent would abandon its charade and fly off to safety . |
| 12 | I 'll tell you another thing , whatever the Spitting Images say about John he pays his money , he does n't grab his bermuda shorts and a wristwatch and fly off to the sunny islands . |
| 13 | and fly off in a shower , airily |
| 14 | To set your foundation and eliminate any shine , pat loose powder lightly all over your face and dust off with a big brush . |
| 15 | Tony and I drag our boats up the beach and head off to the rocks , our balance oddly disturbed by the many hours afloat . |
| 16 | In the kind of yuppy apartment in which they lived , the chimpanzees would signal ‘ GO SINK ’ and head off to the kitchen sink . |
| 17 | It 's not only the alcohol that 's suffered from self-enforced cutbacks : the Franks ( ironically enough ) used to be a Martini band — any gig , any town , any night , they 'd pack their guitars and socks and head off into the Tranzophobic sunset , until exhaustion fully reared its head and the heart decided that home was definitely the place to be . |
| 18 | WHY is it that whenever I decide to don salopettes and head off in search of that damned elusive substance — Scottish snow — howling hurricanes decide to renew my acquaintance and pea-soupers that would have done Victorian London proud descend on the mountain ? |
| 19 | Before words can be exchanged , however , they sup up and slip off to some other pub . |
| 20 | The best and longest-lasting tans are acquired slowly — quick tans are usually fast burns and peel off in a trice . |
| 21 | ‘ You have been sacrificed , martyred and cut off in mid-satisfaction , but see it as a noble act for the good of a world-renowned radio station that is admired as far away as Irkutsk , Tristan da Cunha and ( after the recent never-ending Arctic festival ) Greenland . |
| 22 | The two of us stand next to his second hole unable to distinguish sky and lake and cut off from the other pair . |
| 23 | Without proper treatment and support , many end up homeless , unemployed for long periods , and cut off from their families . |
| 24 | Add to this the pessimism and fear of becoming old , and the result is too often that many older people can become non-participating social individuals , who feel increasingly isolated and cut off from all that is happening around them . |
| 25 | But more importantly it is a good starting place for exploring the lesser known eastern valleys which are peaceful , quiet and cut off from the rest of the Lake District . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the Central Powers were virtually besieged and cut off from their new ally , Turkey , which had entered the war in October 1914 . |
| 27 | Rome , unlike Avignon ( and , indeed , many other cities ) was inconveniently placed for easy relations with most of Europe and cut off from the north-west , where the papacy 's influence was strongest , by the great mountain range of the Alps . |
| 28 | Traders say they were promised that Merchants Quay would be at the centre of a thriving complex of shops , restaurants and homes , but now they 're surrounded by offices , and cut off from customers . |
| 29 | Mr Hodge remembered the seas had been very rough as the crew attempted to rescue the couple , who had been surprised and cut off by a fast moving tide at Huntcliff . |
| 30 | ‘ The Newquay crowd just pose in Beetles covered in stickers and show off to the dodgy girls hanging around on Fistral beach , ’ opines Adam , who claims he 'd only visit the town to compete . |