Example sentences of "off a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was the first star to weather the storm of a dope scandal , emerging unscathed and proving the Indianapolis Star wrong when it prophesied that ‘ The public never did — never will — laugh off a dope scandal involving a screen favourite performer . |
| 2 | Environment Secretary Michael Howard made a last-minute plea for Pounds 2.3 billion to head off a council tax disaster . |
| 3 | Mr Stanley Kalms , chairman of electrical retailer Dixons , yesterday unveiled his company 's defence document aimed at beating off a £550million bid from Kingfisher . |
| 4 | Yeast extract e.g. marmite , some wines , vinegar and also cheese are all very rich in certain chemicals called amines , which trigger off a migraine headache in sensitive people . |
| 5 | People doing market research , or marking off a check list will then enter data by ticking boxes . |
| 6 | The striker is anxious to shake off a thigh strain and said : ‘ I trained today , and I shall see how it reacts . |
| 7 | Paul Warhurst is fighting to shrug off a thigh strain to join him while David Johnson has recovered from a cartilage operation and Francis himself is back in contention after a groin strain . |
| 8 | ‘ My face looks as if it 's going to drop off a fruit tree , ’ he said at himself . |
| 9 | STEFAN Edberg 's hopes of a third successive US Open crown came to an abrupt end when Karel Novacek pulled off a shock victory at Flushing Meadow . |
| 10 | Kings boss Chris Kelly added : ‘ I did n't want to play at all and feel that on a neutral ground with our display against Peterborough we could have pulled off a shock win . |
| 11 | The idea that people in agencies start late in the morning , dash off a campaign idea , have a long , expensive lunch , then go home early is a myth . |
| 12 | He was a stout , rather handsome boy of thirteen , grey flannelled , pulling off a school cap . |
| 13 | Oxfam is being urged to call off a charity pop concert because of fears it could attract thousands of travellers back to Castlemorton.Tickets are already on sale for the event although it has n't yet been granted a licence.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 14 | Kevin Brock , laid low by a virus , is out of the Newcastle line-up , but Paul Bracewell is likely to shrug off a toe injury . |
| 15 | ITV … here 's a big welcome back , to an old favourite Perfect Scoundrels , starring Peter Bowles and Bryan Murray as two con artists never quite able to pull off a dodge deal . |
| 16 | This is the cross breed puppy which sparked off a rabies alert . |
| 17 | Just as a doctor may decide to switch off a life support machine because the patient is in effect dead , so care workers could ‘ switch off ’ the services on which the old person is totally dependent for care in the community , thus making admission to an institution inevitable . |
| 18 | You are a — ’ He reeled off a choice string of unpleasant epithets , but without rancour . |
| 19 | If Mr Lawson can hold off a base rate rise at least until he can blame the Germans , that will make his political task a fraction easier ; but not much . |
| 20 | Or that you 're a duffer if you ca n't polish off a wall gecko in under two minutes ? ’ |
| 21 | Two days before Pearce died in June , one of his horses , Father Hayes , pulled off a £500,000 betting coup . |
| 22 | At least Jeremy Seabrook 's cut-out cardboard teenage figures of abject horror and pity know , as they sit sniffing glue and planning how to knock off a video recorder , that the world owes them something , that they have a right to the earth , an attitude at least as subversive as the endurance " that is the result of not being ever given very much . |
| 23 | But his wife Shelley seemed in great shape yesterday as she prepared to kick off a TV career . |
| 24 | ‘ People come off a Compass tour completely knackered ! |
| 25 | In one of the photographs we show the latter being used to cut off a water pipe close to the floor . |
| 26 | The climax to the main event saw Wrexham 's Simon Ainley pave the way for an appearance in the final against North London 's Martin Adebisi , after he pulled off a surprise victory in the event 's semi-final over Sunderland 's top seed Ashley Kershaw , by a 7–6 7–5 margin . |
| 27 | He let off a warning shot . |
| 28 | A MAN and two teenage girls lay dead for hours in their wrecked Land-Rover after it careered off a country lane in a gale . |
| 29 | ‘ Picked it off a raspberry bush . ’ |
| 30 | Kingfisher 's bid comes little more than three years after it fought off a £1.8billion takeover attempt by Dixons . |