Example sentences of "[vb -s] off the " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( Robyn kicks off the duvet and gets out of bed . |
| 32 | MAGAZINE and newspaper publisher EMAP kicks off the week 's results with a healthy half-time increase to £13m , up from £9.8m . |
| 33 | She pulls off her t-shirt , she is safe while he is swimming out to the centre , she slips out of the rest of her clothes , kicks off the espadrilles , and running along the boards dives in . |
| 34 | A son of the manse , he lends to Labour the dark Church of Scotland tones that can make the recession sound as bleak as the wind that whips off the Firth of Forth in midwinter . |
| 35 | When it comes this easy mere professionalism drains off the sparkle in band 's work . |
| 36 | Up to twenty five percent of all water that drains off the Earth , is carried by the Amazon . |
| 37 | The dominant south-westerly winds cause an eastward longshore drift in the area , and material accumulates off the headland from which Hurst Castle Spit springs . |
| 38 | The shot glances off the tree and hits A's gardener , B. Can B sue A ? ( ii ) Would your answer be different if the shot had been fired by A 's son , C ? |
| 39 | The general lack of compromise or provision for flexible or part-time work effectively chokes off the careers of many promising lawyers . |
| 40 | Ellis Island lies off the tip of Manhattan , almost adjacent to the Statue of Liberty , and was known as the ‘ Gateway to Americas ’ — the land of fortune and freedom . |
| 41 | Mersey giant beats off the recession |
| 42 | She laughs now as he bounds off the bed , aware that his hairy — poilu — parts are comical . |
| 43 | In August 1989 Greenpeace drew attention to the swordfish fishery in US waters off the New England coast . |
| 44 | Sites being explored include parts of the Moray Firth in Scotland , Cardigan Bay in Wales , and Lyme Bay and waters off the north Norfolk coast , the Isle of Wight and Lundy Island in England . |
| 45 | If there are no goods in the shops ; or if food can only be obtained by rationing ; or if the state siphons off the lion 's share of increased earnings as taxation ; or if an economy seems incapable of growing , then people begin to question the fundamentals on which such a system is built . |
| 46 | Dr Wedderburn suggests as she dashes off the answer her bleep . |
| 47 | Whatever the final critical evaluation of the film , Stone deserves praise for blowing the dust covers off the Kennedy assassination debate , which many Americans were all too ready to shroud in convenient official explanations — namely , the findings of the largely discredited Warren Report . |
| 48 | It stands off the A61 north of Nottingham . |
| 49 | Long and straggling , Long Riston stands off the main road from Hull to Bridlington . |
| 50 | Our hotel , the four-star Elea Beach , stands off the main drag at the end of a quiet lane . |
| 51 | It lives off the local people , eating the camels of roaming nomads , who appeared to offer them willingly . |
| 52 | Cairns lives off the tourist potential of the rain forest , the barrier reef , and some strenuous activities such as bungy jumping which means throwing yourself off a tall cliff at the end of a elastic rope . |
| 53 | At the same time Lasky offered Out of Darkness in which a young heiress lives off the profits of a Florida cannery in which hundreds of working-girls earned 30 cents for a 13-hour day at the cutting-tables . |
| 54 | Taylor 's drumming shoots off the Richter Scale and the dual lead attack has lost none of its brain-numbing intensity . |
| 55 | The linker always casts off the right to left and the last row before casting off must also be knitted from right to left . |
| 56 | This last line has the overt meaning ‘ till the woman casts off the man ’ , but in fact it is far more savage . |
| 57 | What happens off the pitch is the stuff of the sports pages — team rows , family rows , drink , and sex . |
| 58 | This ball valve device seals off the sump area and ensures all detergent is used and is n't just washed away — another money saver . |
| 59 | A further form of constructional feature is the baymouth bar ( Plate 30 ) , which completely seals off the lagoon behind , an example being found at Loe Pool in Cornwall ( Fig. 8.29 ) . |
| 60 | It is never truly dark in London : a dome of pale orange light seals off the city from the stars . |