Example sentences of "and [verb] off [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some foundations had to melt down precious objects and sell off estates , and even the wealthier , such as the abbey of Glastonbury , were occasionally in difficulties . |
| 2 | ‘ How about lay down your guns and back off asshole ? ’ |
| 3 | Its really great — we sing dance and read off scripts ! |
| 4 | The policy was for them to remain around the fringes of a raid and try and pick off stragglers , leaving the ‘ infighting ’ to the Hurricanes . |
| 5 | ‘ When Kimberley divorced her husband and made off wi ’ t' other , Lorraine and she fell out and you could say I was fumin' as well . |
| 6 | E/A turned and made off East at the same time as we sighted him . |
| 7 | If a raised body temperature promotes alertness and staves off feelings of fatigue , high body temperatures are obviously disadvantageous when we wish to get to sleep . |
| 8 | Off with the nightie , on with those jeans ( OK , do n't bother fastening them just yet ) , pop your baby in the brand-new car seat , and zoom off home with proud daddy . |
| 9 | The rest , even Ranulf of Chester , still saw only their own palatines , and built at them and fought off encroachments on them feverishly , looking no farther . |
| 10 | She said they were quite untrustworthy and cut off peoples ' arms and legs unnecessarily in order to keep their hand in , demonstrate their skills and prove that they were earning their money . |
| 11 | Theodora had spread out the Ordnance Survey and fended off Tobias long enough to make out a route . |
| 12 | Tethered in the field , it hovers above the crop and frightens off pigeons , rooks and crows . |
| 13 | John MacGregor , Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food I am advised that hard cheese processes suppress and kill off pathogens . |
| 14 | The Doctor spent several minutes inspecting his hat , turning it over in his hands and picking off specks of dust . |
| 15 | Colour is a useful tool to achieving a particular atmosphere : dark colours — shades of rust , deep green , the earth colours , and dark woods — create a warm , inviting atmosphere and show off food well . |
| 16 | It also has substantial material advantages — the ability to raise loans is greater , the opportunity for setting off and writing off business expenses are more generous and , because tax to be paid at the end of any one financial year is assessed in relation to the previous year 's results , organisations with a growing turnover have a lower effective tax rate than they would if tax were assessed on current activities . |
| 17 | Each year , mining levels mountain peaks and kills off plant and animal species that have adapted to the habitat over thousands of years . |
| 18 | Do n't pull strips straight up or you may irritate skin and break off hair . |
| 19 | held-a football club as occupier should foresee that crowd could become unruly and break off pieces of concrete which if thrown could cause injury to visitors in this case on duty police officers . |
| 20 | Inside was a lighted wick ; as the metal dish warmed up , the nicotine began to sizzle and give off fumes lethal to red spider mite and aphids . |
| 21 | Then I pull a lump of flake from the loaf and pinch off 10p piece-size pieces and squeeze all the air out of them . |
| 22 | to repel household insects ; to relieve insect bites , and to ward off mosquitoes , midges and so on |
| 23 | It 's a moving and exciting film and shows off Oxford and it 's countryside to its best advantage . |
| 24 | ‘ Achilles … ’ is a tremendously powerful song , and shows off Jimmy Page as a great guitarist . |
| 25 | ‘ Achilles … ’ is a tremendously powerful song , and shows off Jimmy Page as a great guitarist . |
| 26 | SAVING for a rainy day and paying off debts is now a top priority for families . |
| 27 | It was about unravelling the merger mistakes of the 1960s : splitting up conglomerates , or else buying a firm and selling off divisions that were remote from its main business . |
| 28 | The women of British households were skilled in making herbal medicines and pomanders for scenting linen and warding off fleas and moths . |
| 29 | They took an hour to reach the first town , and another hour to find the tourist office and fend off boys with motor bikes who rapped on the windows . |
| 30 | They scalped old men and women , beheaded others , slit throats , cut out tongues , sliced off ears , and hacked off limbs . |