Example sentences of "finish [pers pn] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not kidding you , we had 15 chances but could n't finish them off . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll finish them off in a fortnight , ’ he said , as he celebrated 31st birthday . |
| 3 | If we play as well as that I do n't see why we ca n't finish them off . |
| 4 | And if we had more arms we 'd finish them off . |
| 5 | The other divers would follow suit : the ship would burn , or sink , or both ; the crew , taken by surprise , would leap into the water where the waiting canoeists would finish them off . |
| 6 | United found it easy enough to open Wolves up , but they could n't quite finish them off . |
| 7 | it 'll get mainly dry and I can finish them off in here ca n't I ? |
| 8 | What can finish you off is reading about crags which ‘ also contain worthwhile medium grade routes at E2 , 5c . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And do n't ever call her again , or I 'll come back and finish you off ! ’ |
| 10 | It would n't be enough to find a poison that would finish her off . |
| 11 | Widow Lilian Boyes , 70 , had earlier pleaded with doctors to ‘ finish her off , ’ Winchester Crown Court heard . |
| 12 | ‘ There really is no need , madame , ’ Jenna said quickly , thinking that another day here would just about finish her off . |
| 13 | She did n't dare look down at Adam 's usual table — seeing him might just finish her off completely . |
| 14 | Do you wan na finish her off , bring a |
| 15 | The industrious biographer of Bernard Shaw has just completed the fourth volume , but it appears as if bricks , not books , will finish him off . |
| 16 | Well , that should finish him off in no time . |
| 17 | In fact , in this case the unit was out on a CDL trial with quite inadequate documentation — the only documentation we had at that time was such that we were frightened to show it to the teacher because we realized that it would ‘ finish him off ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Might as well go back and finish him off , ’ says Iain . |
| 19 | " But I think we have to go forward and finish him off . " |
| 20 | If patients and relatives were confident that pain control would be established and maintained , requests to ‘ finish it off quickly ’ would diminish . |
| 21 | ‘ The Duchess had obviously seen the show before , ’ a member of the audience recalls , ‘ because every time a good line was begun by one of the actors she would finish it off quite loudly . |
| 22 | Or you can do control and C and it 'll finish it off . |
| 23 | Alright okay I 'll just finish it off . |
| 24 | LT : The other speaker is likely to chip in and finish it off |
| 25 | Superb play by Jochim and he could n't finish it off . |
| 26 | If it 's not , we can finish it off without too many questions being asked . |
| 27 | Erm , and he 'll finish it off by asking you what you think about it , and obviously you respond to that . |
| 28 | Oh , we 've got ta finish it off tomorrow . |
| 29 | they 'd come out with half of one , they 'd come out with things like I think you 're er I du n no er , not barking up the wrong tree that was the wrong one , but the they 'd sort of come out with half of a pun and they would n't finish it off , like oh th , this is smashing ! |
| 30 | Me and your mam did one this morning , I had about twenty minutes left on it and she helped me finish it off |