Example sentences of "be [verb] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And never borrow money from a moneylender ( or specialist finance or credit company , as they are usually called ) who charges interest way above the odds , otherwise you will be paying off the debt over two years rather than fourteen months . |
| 2 | The German barrage seemed to be slackening off a bit , though the Allied guns were still firing over our positions , their shells shaking the trees as they headed toward the German trenches with a loud swish as they passed overhead . |
| 3 | No need for a hat , but the hair must be pulled off the face to minimise distraction and caught at the nape in a black band into which she would stick a single green feather . |
| 4 | Super Channel wanted to run it but were told by the I.T.C. they 'd be pulled off the air if they did . |
| 5 | In either case files can be pulled off the PC or Macintosh simply by selecting them from the user interface . |
| 6 | ‘ Michael was on a dock , fully dressed in tweed jacket , tie , trousers and hush-puppies , and had to put on a pair of water skis , be pulled off the dock into the water , by a rope attached to a motorboat that roared past , and ski away . |
| 7 | He would no doubt be fending off the polite questioning of Ralarth 's lords throughout the meal . |
| 8 | BT are damn stupid and charge too much for using their networks , so when you use other people 's passwords you are probably going to be ripping off a company like ICI or even BT . ’ |
| 9 | They seemed to be cutting off a great slice of the camp . |
| 10 | Aye there 's a lot gon na be finished off the rigs . |
| 11 | It remains to be seen whether either can bounce back , and whether Saatchi and Saatchi will soon be fighting off a rather more vigorous takeover bid than Mrs Thatcher faced this week . |
| 12 | Intel will be showing off a bunch of Pentium-based prototype systems at Comdex Fall later this month during invitation-only , ten minute theatre presentations . |
| 13 | Your people will be switched off the moment the objective that you have set appears to be unobtainable . |
| 14 | As you say three thousand pound a year that could be paid off a place of our own is is just I mean if I have to rent it well I 'll have to rent one . |
| 15 | There was no response , which meant that he might still be sleeping off a particularly heavy lunchtime session or perhaps was in the bath and could n't be bothered to get out . |