Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of just one 45cm eel , six 30cm eels had been sent , so I duly set off , having re-arranged a tank to put them in . |
| 2 | I better show off them big ! |
| 3 | I only dropped off for a second . ’ |
| 4 | so I just walked off and walked calmly by them . |
| 5 | Do I just switch off the tape recorder and go back and say , ‘ Here 's a two and a half minute speech ’ ? |
| 6 | Er n no , c c can can I just finish off explaining why it is I 'm not writing |
| 7 | Can I just finish off the front I can do that tonight , tonight please ? |
| 8 | He said it does n't matter Anne , about the money and I just eased off and |
| 9 | So I just took off . |
| 10 | But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off . |
| 11 | So I just went off quietly to run my bath , a sad and disappointed old man . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , are you going to ask me questions or do I just start off ? ’ |
| 13 | I did n't find out he was the artist who 'd done all of the paintings until the end of the conversation and that was basically what ended the conversation : I just ran off ! |
| 14 | ‘ But as soon as we got to the line I realised he was going to keel over with me and I just hopped off in time . |
| 15 | If it 's off then I just walk off stage and go ‘ Eeyaahh ! ’ and that 's it . |
| 16 | My wife finished off with a creme caramel dessert while I just finished off the litre bottle of house white , which was well worth its £8.95 price tag . |
| 17 | When I get really stressed , I just switch off and do n't get too upset about things . |
| 18 | Three o'clock — I just finish off everything that I did not have time to do . |
| 19 | Shall I shall I just write off and send them like pound or donation and a few leaflets could |
| 20 | Even though I knew what I had to do , once I got outside Liverpool Street station , I just wandered off aimlessly . |
| 21 | ‘ I just wandered off , ’ she said lamely , feeling still upset and slightly anxious . |
| 22 | So I just wandered off . |
| 23 | ‘ I kept sleeping in , and I did n't want to come in late because you get a row or a detention — so I just stayed off . ’ |
| 24 | I generally go off to bed quite early , lie in my little bivouac , smoke a cigarette , and think of you . |
| 25 | As I clambered out of the trench and sat on the grass with my back to a tree he handed me a mess-tin full of very tasty Machonachie stew which I soon polished off . |
| 26 | Dreadful nightmares , when I finally got off to sleep , of men attacking me — like that man who had to cut women on their arms before he could find them desirable . |
| 27 | Questions buzzed around inside my head and I think there was a glimmer of dawn before I finally dozed off . |
| 28 | No you say that I once got off with someone for some cigarettes , I never felt so awful . |
| 29 | I always fall off while I 'm waiting for you . ’ |
| 30 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |