Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pers pn] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I can laugh it off but inside it gets me down . |
| 2 | You can syphon it off if you find it unsightly . |
| 3 | You can bump him off now you know , from the fifth of January cos you get thirty thousand quid if you bump him off . |
| 4 | Can trigger them off . |
| 5 | they 're very brave Can dry them off on that |
| 6 | it 'll get mainly dry and I can finish them off in here ca n't I ? |
| 7 | What can finish you off is reading about crags which ‘ also contain worthwhile medium grade routes at E2 , 5c . ’ |
| 8 | If it 's not , we can finish it off without too many questions being asked . |
| 9 | No right I 've done all I can , you can finish it off . |
| 10 | D well yes we can because you can , you can finish it off at home ca n't you ? |
| 11 | Oh well you gon na see if you can finish it off tomorrow ? |
| 12 | ‘ I hope I can carry it off , ’ Loretta said anxiously . |
| 13 | ‘ So as they can whip them off at a moment 's notice ! ’ he hissed . |
| 14 | and stuff like that so I can send it off with |
| 15 | You can bring it off in one step with 99 per cent purity . ’ |
| 16 | They can tip you off about possible snags , — and about the shortcuts as well . |
| 17 | And if you give me dad 's five pound well I can mark his off and then you can tell him then , I 'll leave your card here and you can say you 've paid and you owe me five pound . |
| 18 | But Dave 's at the age where he can work it off |
| 19 | I would think Frank Clarke would probably give him another minute or so to see if he can run it off . |
| 20 | This weakens the leaf 's connection to the tree so much that even a light breeze can blow it off . |
| 21 | If you do n't like it you can wash it off and start again . |
| 22 | The smallest thing can set her off , and the customs in the Middle and Far East did not help . |
| 23 | It would seem that our capacity to feel fear is great and the merest trigger can set it off . |
| 24 | and you sort of fill up the battery , and then you can draw it off , but the battery itself is n't making electricity it 's just storing cells , like the little cells in that , the cells you get in your normal little batteries , and when they 've finished making it you chuck 'em away . |
| 25 | Batty 's other great strength is controling the ball , no matter how fast or high it is he brings it down with his chest or foot so he can lay it off for someone else to make a defence splitting pass . |
| 26 | Well you can drop him off and pick him up . |
| 27 | ‘ If you like , I can drop you off at the travel agent 's so that you can book your flight back down to London . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I can drop you off at Glasgow airport , if you like , or you can take a train to Prestwick and catch a plane from there . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You can drop us off on the corner if you like , Bill . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ As you know there are two kinds of roughing you can either put frost-nails in the shoe or you can take it off and turn the heels and the toes of the shoes up — turning 'em up , we used to call it . |