Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't even have to hit them off the ground . |
| 2 | ‘ They wanted to see them off the streets . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm having to swim them off the steamer and tow them in a dinghy to get our put the slings on them before we left the beach and just pushed them into the water and towed them off and hook the hook the into the sling and up them to give them a good wash before they went to Kirkwall . |
| 4 | But to meet two gentlemen on the road — we would not hope to meet them off it . |
| 5 | Coombes leaned out of the window and shouted ‘ Come on then , this time ’ as if to pull me off the road . |
| 6 | A load of camera gear assumes a life of its own , swinging round at awkward moments , trying to catch you off balance and topple you over the edge . |
| 7 | Paul Traynor outlines six of the best walks around Britain to tempt you off the peaks and into the valleys . |
| 8 | It would have been cheaper to have taken the coach , if longer , but Dr Bailey had sent a curt postcard telling him it would be best for her to meet him off the noon train ; the campus was some way out of town , it would be best that way . |
| 9 | The prize , however , was taken by the Lithuanian who decided to liven up Roger Payne 's ascent of Comes The Dervish by trying to pull him off the crux . |
| 10 | A kick which falls short places the kicker at a distinct disadvantage , because his body weight is totally behind the kick , so that it is easy for his opponent to pull him off balance . |
| 11 | He might be one of them , come during the day to catch her off guard . |
| 12 | Benny knew they would come to meet her off the bus . |
| 13 | Luckily for him , Amelia 's bodybuilding freak had been handling the entryphone and was there to pull her off him . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course it would require the right man to pull it off which is where Liam Devlin comes in , ’ Carter added . |
| 15 | I mean last week the choppers werny even gettin in to pick them off the Rigs what with the gales and that so basically I 've just got to expect him when I see him . |
| 16 | He got out of the planes coming , we , we was coming over from de Laborgie and you give him the needle and I had to lead him off the lead him off the plane , and going down over the chimneys in Chantilly to landu Laborgie he goes , woo ooh ooh , getting ready you know . |
| 17 | Er and to be able to pick it off the machine at the end of the day you know , as a first class , simple object at , at a competitive price . |
| 18 | I was I was tempted to sell it off cheap but I do n't want to sell it off too cheap cos it 's |
| 19 | His right shoulder crashes forward as he spins , to jolt me off balance and let him come in close . |
| 20 | My chances of getting my hands on it long enough to give it the once-over were minimal , and I did n't fancy trying to steal it off Harley . |
| 21 | The easy way is to steal it off somebody else but then again you see there 's an old old saying |
| 22 | Tell you what if they 've got a hydraulic jack in there , several people have to buy it off him , the boys will buy it off |
| 23 | probably be yards of material that , and you 've got six chairs so And you 'd have to buy it off the roll , you 're not going to get a piece a length at six yards are you ? |
| 24 | ‘ Doing what I can to help it off the ground . ’ |
| 25 | It 's an antique and that bloke 's an antique dealer , he 's come to nick it off the line and flog it for thousands . |
| 26 | They begged him to let them off this time , but he rang back hour after hour , day , after day : " Sell your car . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've promised to take Claudia away for the weekend , and she 's not going to let me off it even though we 're so shorthanded . |
| 28 | Consequently , they 're always coming in a bit behind the boys because the boys have been playing for a bit longer , and I think it 's very important that if girls are being offered the opportunity that the opportunity is good for them , and that it 's not going to put them off the game of football because they 're always in the position where the boys consider themselves a bit better . |
| 29 | I 've decided to let you off this time . ’ |
| 30 | The boy had been told unequivocally not to let her off the lead — the riding-school only used the land by grace of its owner and it was a shooting estate — but he hated keeping the dog straining at the lead and knew that she would always come to his call . |