Example sentences of "off the [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We did not want to call off the current tour because it would have created immense resentment back home among the players . |
| 2 | If I meet a new act , I always try and assess their maturity in order to judge whether they might go off the deep end as soon as they have success . |
| 3 | At least 20 people were killed in the following two days as the Group of 12 refused to call off the general strike unless Avril left the country . |
| 4 | ‘ Dig in ’ and throw a snap punch off the front fist as your opponent Turn your hips and shoulders behind the punch and strike the opponent strongly in the chest . |
| 5 | He was a fervent anti-communist who could comprehend and believe that people everywhere would choose to throw off the communist system if they ever had the chance . |
| 6 | Annie 's voice all but went off the chromatic scale when Kelly told her that she was turning down Ibn Fayoud 's invitation . |
| 7 | I tried to keep his mind off the real tension before a major championship gets started . |
| 8 | The locks did n't come off the animal-house doors until Jenner had cleared out . ’ |
| 9 | If last year 's congressional deliberations are any guide , R&D should recoup some of the losses in programmes unpopular with the White House , and defence wo n't get everything the Pentagon would like — in effect , lopping off the extreme fluctuations while maintaining the basic thrust of the White House economic philosophy . |
| 10 | In August 1989 the Registration Officer will ask everyone on the Poll Tax Register if they wish to be taken off the Public Extract because of the Threat of violence . |
| 11 | I found that my Winsor & Newton Art Masking Fluid took off the original wash when rubbed away , leaving white paper . |
| 12 | A single SSR can then be used to close off the original SPR when the originator is satisfied that all useful information has been extracted and transferred onto the new SPRs . |
| 13 | A single SSR can then be used to close off the original SPR when the originator is satisfied that all useful information has been extracted and transferred onto the new SPRs . |
| 14 | Flinging off the old costume as he turned around , there stood Dr Tehyi Hsieh in white tie and tails , his polished shoes agleam and his black hair slicked back . |
| 15 | off the full cost because they are single householders ? |
| 16 | Iris and Nils continued taking turns at the galley stove with the inevitable result that the dynamo that would run off the free-turning prop when we were sailing arrived by air from the States before the alterations to the drive shaft were complete . |
| 17 | I was thoroughly put off the whole notion while sharing a flat in New York with a woman who went to pieces when she lost her favourite crystal , and who went to a ‘ Fear of Failure ’ workshop one week , only to attend a ‘ Fear of Success ’ workshop the next . |
| 18 | The fire brigade closed off the whole road while they dealt with the fire . |
| 19 | Decide on a time each week to work on finishing off projects , and make a start at the beginning of the list , and work your way through it , ticking off the completed projects as you finish them . |
| 20 | True , they had been vassals of China for nine long centuries — but had n't their hearts " like iron and stone " enabled them at last to throw off the Chinese yoke when the Tang dynasty crumbled ? |