Example sentences of "[noun pl] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rebuilding job is now required and Alan Noble , as chairman , has the task of laying suitably firm foundations off the pitch and finding the right man for the construction work on the other side of the fence at Feethams . |
| 2 | If the manager signs off the employee 's plan as reasonable , then it follows that the manager has to help make it come true . |
| 3 | bus stop si bus stop signs off the fucking things . |
| 4 | Keep the German bombs off the Louvre ’ . |
| 5 | Here they were dragging pebbles off the sand into small heaps . |
| 6 | Dog towels with dog and paw motif ; your cat 's own mouse den , a delightfully snug bed ; a waxed jacket for the dog which has everything ; a plastic holder with carpet insert to encourage your cat to keep its claws off the furniture . |
| 7 | Cut the risen surfaces off the small cakes . |
| 8 | Cut the risen surfaces off the small cakes and sandwich these together with the marmalade to form the head . |
| 9 | She dusted his footprints off the seat and then helped him to settle . |
| 10 | Lee was trying to prise Philip 's fingers off the helmet . |
| 11 | It 'll make you cough probably , and keep your fingers off the s off the |
| 12 | Needing air he got up abruptly — wishing to Christ that Lowell would take his thick ugly fingers off the girl 's neck . |
| 13 | The ben Issachars of this world are enthusiastic punishers- and I suppose he thought he was doing the rest of the human race a favour by getting Kokos off the scene . |
| 14 | J. V. There used to be a Greek Church in Trinity Road and the bucks used to specialize in knocking the knobs off the railing . |
| 15 | That 's what knobs off the A&R man and makes him say , ‘ I do n't want to know ’ . ' |
| 16 | Tupper immediately took all his products off the store shelves and created the direct selling system with parties , games and contests to promote sales . |
| 17 | I bought some new tapes four hours off the market , two fifty each , and one of them 's dead faulty i n't it ? |
| 18 | On the first day of his visit he and Chancellor Kohl signed a 20-year Treaty on Good-neighbourliness , Partnership and Co-operation , which had been initialled in Moscow on Sept. 13 [ see p. 37718 ; for text see p. 37835 ] and which , Kohl said , " rules off the painful chapters of our past and clears the way for a new beginning " . |
| 19 | I 've always ridden bikes off the road on to trails to get far into the heart of the country , but they were big , creaky , clanking old things that had to have a puncture repaired every 20 minutes . |
| 20 | But I suppose it kept the bikes off the top bit . |
| 21 | The Prince 's Youth Business Trust , which gives grants and loans to disadvantaged young people hoping to start their own businesses , is looking for volunteer business advisers prepared to give up a few hours a month to help the youngsters get their projects off the ground . |
| 22 | ‘ Twigs and I have formed a little company called Mask to get several projects off the ground , ’ Leigh says . |
| 23 | Mr Gordon said : ‘ If this happens we want to take projects off the shelf to keep up our level of investment , and we would have to look earlier at light rail transport schemes . ’ |
| 24 | F-15s and F-16s off the shelf rather than waste vast development costs which could be better deployed in the commercial sector . |
| 25 | F-15s and F-16s off the shelf rather than waste vast development costs which could be better deployed in the commercial sector . |
| 26 | He was also the fellow who sat on the ground in what was called a " Robinson Jacket " and was snatched from an absolutely stationary position on the ground by an Anson with a hook ; this was a device to snatch injured personnel off the battlefield and into the air . |
| 27 | Clare levered the coins off the counter , and carried her cup out into the small enclosure , where she balanced it on an unsteady iron table , her feet cushioned by a carpet of litter . |
| 28 | Chromite and olivine sands , with other heavy minerals , have recently been discovered during MRP investigations off the south-west coast of Rhum ( MRP 106 ) . |
| 29 | As part of National Vegetarian Week , she 's created a menu which takes vegetables off the back burner and puts sauce into eating without meat . |
| 30 | You can have erm loads off the stuff off the conveyor belt for you for today you can have er a video loads of C Ds some sweets and toffees and things erm some crates of moist toilet tissue . |