Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | unless you have a base to work off of started to do , once we started doing the er , the walls take the scaffold down out of the way and to release some area off our stock pile we decided to back build so that by the time that we 'd done six tanks we 'd got half our area taken up by all that material excavated and just flip back to the drawing here what 's going to happen is that stockpile here . |
| 2 | She followed her last winter gas bill with a decision to turn off several heaters . |
| 3 | A decision to lay off 10% of the work force tells the old story of the drone worker . |
| 4 | There may be a decision to break off negotiations precisely in order to achieve some end in those negotiations . |
| 5 | ‘ All three put up a struggle to fight off the attacker . |
| 6 | As David Carlton has written , this plan ‘ represented a willingness to buy off a bully with territory to which he had no legitimate claim . ’ |
| 7 | The scientists said anyone who decided to take a dip to cool off might end up with a nasty stomach upset , eye and skin problems or , worse still , hepatitis . |
| 8 | We need to make a boat to get off . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've half a mind to take off , and have a look from the ceiling , ’ whispers Howard . |
| 10 | I mean , they , they probably do n't speak English and they 're at at a disadvantage to start off with . |
| 11 | PONY-owners in Hampshire 's New Forest have launched a Neighbourhood Watch-style campaign in a bid to ward off horse-thieves . |
| 12 | The prospect of a coalition government led by the Japan Socialist Party ( JSP ) resulted in increased financial support and funding for the LDP from the business community , the Economist of Dec. 23 , 1989 , reported that , in a bid to ward off a possible LDP defeat , 13 national and commercial banks had provided US$104,000,000 in emergency finance to the LDP 's electoral campaign funds , repayable at 1 per cent over the prime rate . |
| 13 | NORTH Wales Police are stepping up patrols of flood areas in a bid to ward off looters . |
| 14 | But the agreement has been interpreted here as a bid to stave off a likely request that Peru leave the Fund because of its violation of the rules . |
| 15 | Sunday trading introduced in a bid to fight off competition and a total of 14 stores now open on a Sunday . |
| 16 | A RETIRED tax man turned to crime in a bid to pay off his debts . |
| 17 | Everything you do when you live alone should be part of a plan to ward off depression . |
| 18 | I was walking through a Wirral village and decided to have a soft drink in a pub to cool off . |
| 19 | Her toughest assignment turned out to be the anchor-leg of the intermediate girls relay , when she had to put in a spurt to hold off a determined challenge from Middlesbrough . |
| 20 | STUNNED staff turned up at a garage in Chicklade , Wilts , to find thieves had used a chainsaw to cut off and steal a petrol pump . |
| 21 | This section of land lies between the canal and the River Tame and leads along to the A5127 northeast-bound where there might be room for a vehicle to pull off the road into the gateway to load up beneath the M6 . |
| 22 | Climbing is second nature to all small felines and it is virtually impossible for a cat to switch off its urge to climb , even if it is punished for doing so . |
| 23 | She was , I am sure , less motivated by dreams of Elysian fields than a longing to shuffle off her mortal coil and be freed both from the arthritis and the meaninglessness of what her life had become . |
| 24 | He carried on past and found a place to pull off the road , and then he collected together his flashlight and a roll of tools and set off to walk the short distance back . |
| 25 | In McHugh ( 1989 ) 88 Cr App R 385 ( CA ) , the accused used money of a company of which he was a director to pay off the debts of subsidiary companies , of which he was also a director . |
| 26 | GREAT GRANNY , 75 , DOES A LINFORD TO SEE OFF BURGLARS |
| 27 | The interpretation which perhaps makes most sense of people 's answers is that their decisions seem to be based first on a desire to pay off quickly , and second ( in modification of this ) on how high an instalment they can afford — rather than on interest rates or total cost . |
| 28 | If someone comes looking for trouble , you are expected to decline his or her offer and give that person a chance to back off . |
| 29 | Talking can often get us out of sticky situations : talking sense to somebody , calming an explosive situation , giving the person a chance to back off without losing pride , or even pointing out the consequences or pointlessness of the whole exercise . |
| 30 | ‘ It needs a chance to cool off and a spot of water . ’ |