Example sentences of "shake [pers pn] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frustrations will cloud your horizons for a time but you will shake them off and emerge well pleased with your efforts . |
| 2 | When they got out of the cab she could not shake him off . |
| 3 | We spend a decade conditioning ourselves to act in a certain way , with a certain decisiveness , caution , thoroughness , and the result is that we ca n't shake it off at half past six and revert to some more natural state . |
| 4 | Aristotle 's influence was enormous , and even the great English physician , William Harvey , who laboured so long on the chick embryo , could not shake it off . |
| 5 | He could not shake it off . |
| 6 | The object of the game is to see who can shake it off in the shortest time without using their hands , but they can move their head in any direction they wish . |
| 7 | If a gloomy mood descended on him , he could shake it off by taking a long walk in the direction of the most barren stretch of beach , out over the dunes . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's really hard to overcome that , to just shake it off and say , ‘ Oh well , they 're just dumb kids , maybe they 'll throw away their Skid Row records and listen to Mudhoney because of us … ’ but that story 's old . |
| 9 | " I could shake it off if I had n't hurt my neck . " |
| 10 | I do n't know but he ca n't shake it off . |
| 11 | But this was self-pity , to which he had never been addicted , and he must shake it off at all costs . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's nothing he should shake it off easily , ’ said the coach . |