Example sentences of "fight off a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Elsewhere a lone swimmer fought off a chilling exhaustion , his senses dulled by three hours of silent reconnaissance swimming and crawling among the enemy 's beach defences . |
2 | A brewery which fought off a hostile takeover bid last year has announced record profits . |
3 | Although missing a number of players , Haslemere fought off a spirited Hale side to secure an important win . |
4 | To fight off a deep depression , he concentrated his thoughts on the larger picture , telling his wife at the end of September that " the " " Battle of Britain " " is now won … |
5 | The Abingdon-based Morland brewers will know tomorrow if they 've managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid . |
6 | One of the region 's independent breweries has managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid — at least for the time being . |
7 | The Dowty group has failed to fight off a hostile bid by T-I , one of Britain 's largest engineering firms . |
8 | Barrow was a White Knight — headhunted to fight off a corporate raider — for whom Kennecott had to pay over $1m. in order to match a clause in Barrow 's contract with Exxon which allowed him bonuses in line with the rising price of the company 's stock . |
9 | THE schools team needed to call on all their experience to fight off a spirited challenge the youth side at Templeville Road where they won 32–7 . |
10 | She was not a small girl , was reasonably athletic for a woman , but there was little she could do to fight off a determined man , particularly when she was neither mentally nor physically prepared for such a brutal assault . |
11 | Indeed , the author once took a phone-in for 100,000 shares in Leading Leisure , which netted him a substantial commission , although he had to fight off an unscrupulous colleague who had tried to seize the telephone receiver . |
12 | The headmaster looked as if he was fighting off a large insect that was homing in on his neck . |
13 | It can cope with a cold , fight off a serious illness and with time , even mend a broken bone . |