Example sentences of "off the [noun] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and er I was watching it when it was raining the other day , you could see the rain dripping off the wood rather than soaking into it so it 's done something . |
| 2 | The person whom I was going to take over the job from said to me at the end of the meeting well what do you think of that meeting and I must admit I the answer and luckily somebody else instructed with some other business and I felt I got off the hook here but in fact that got dealt with very quickly and he came back to me and said well what did you think of the meeting and I had to say to him just one word , was the way I put it . |
| 3 | Bob Hope was off the scale altogether and Peter O'Toole was worse than the whole lot put together . |
| 4 | Intel Corp let manufacturers off the leash yesterday and freed them to announce officially that they had Pentium-based machines . |
| 5 | ‘ If we had a dog we could let it off the leash now and it would go and roll in the heather . ’ |
| 6 | So anyway she come off the phone there and I could see she was really |
| 7 | Colleagues , just to try and let you know what , er I 've got in my mind concerning the business that 's fell off the agenda yesterday and today so far . |
| 8 | You 'll recall that the er , Regional reports in the Regional , in the General Secretary 's , er report fell off the agenda yesterday and there are a number of resolutions which have fell off , at this morning . |
| 9 | As a marketing ploy , apparently nothing moves Britain 's top weekly colour mag off the shelves faster than a besotted star mum cradling a baby . |
| 10 | Some workshops use white plastic off the roll so that it forms a plain background on which the constructor can sketch with a marker-pen . |
| 11 | Is he sweeping the pieces off the chessboard rather than engaging in the game ? |
| 12 | Cut out your embryo bud as before , but this time squaring off the base rather than the top of the shield . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , piss off , ’ shouted someone at the other end of the hut , as a boot bounced off the door just as the Sergeant made his exit . |
| 14 | It is as if those who know aid best from the viewpoint of the recipients fear that an outspoken critique will turn off the tap rather than improve the quality of the flow . |
| 15 | She took her eyes off the road briefly and glanced at Nicola . |
| 16 | Turn left off the road just before it reaches the next beck . |
| 17 | With a feeling of having been unexpectedly let out of school , I drove over the hills on the road to Reading and coasted along the unfenced part of the Quillersedge Estate until I thought I 'd come more or less to where Gareth had dropped the paint : parked off the road there and searched more closely for the place on foot . |
| 18 | Rugby folk talk of a ‘ front row union ’ who , after 80 minutes hard battle , will walk off the field together and then drink with each other in the bar . |
| 19 | We 're very conscious of that erm and where , where we offered advice in large places where for instance , where housing where chemicals are stored and all the precautions that are needed are provided and built in , for instance stopping off the drains so that water is contained , providing sloping areas in , in the bottom of warehouses where water does n't come out , erm monitoring it telling people about it . |
| 20 | F-15s and F-16s off the shelf rather than waste vast development costs which could be better deployed in the commercial sector . |
| 21 | F-15s and F-16s off the shelf rather than waste vast development costs which could be better deployed in the commercial sector . |
| 22 | The shape created means that the component is working off the bearings rather than the table . |
| 23 | Grimma led the rescue party into the office and listened while Sacco , with many interruptions , recounted the adventure from the time Dorcas , out of sudden terror , had jumped out of the truck and had been carried off the rails just before the train arrived . |
| 24 | The truck had toppled off the roof just when he was walking underneath it . |
| 25 | ‘ I was off the train there and saw it . |
| 26 | Apart from the obvious one which is to jump off the mountain incorrectly and kill yourself , the possibility for public humiliation is delightfully endless . |
| 27 | Dobson and his mob just laughed you off the street tonight and we ca n't afford that . ’ |
| 28 | Terry and I were worst hit and for a couple of days I was left off the chain so that I could use the toilet whenever I needed . |
| 29 | A quick consultation between these two agencies resulted in the top being cut off the car so that the injured man could be lifted free . |
| 30 | I just got off the plane here and fell in love with the place , so I stayed . |