Example sentences of "[noun] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She drew the pan of milk off the fire and carrying it over to the table , quickly poured it into a pint pot into which she had already spooned a generous measure of treacle . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So you could take the framework off the front |
| 4 | Once the man has withdrawn , you or he can roll the condom off the penis ( taking care not to spill the contents ) and dispose of it carefully . |
| 5 | A 40-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia was arrested in a public car park while attempting to break into a car to steal a blanket off the back seat . |
| 6 | I felt revolted by them and began to sleep in the hall , dragging a pillow and a wool blanket off the bed and leaving the room to them , in the hope that they would understand my anger , that they would no longer stay till the early hours of the morning , stepping over me as I lay asleep , leaving overflowing ashtrays and empty glasses and cans and bottles strewn about the floor . |
| 7 | The Doctor had pulled the blanket off the body . |
| 8 | He walked over and pulled the blanket off the body . |
| 9 | The City was alarmed at the hefty slide into the red and a heavily reduced dividend payout and knocked 19p off the share price to 173p . |
| 10 | I 'm working on my own house at the moment and I 'm waiting for a grant off the Housing . |
| 11 | If the manager signs off the employee 's plan as reasonable , then it follows that the manager has to help make it come true . |
| 12 | The church seems to be slightly set away from the village , and is very elusive as you drive through , being only reached either through a farmyard or down a lane off the road to Wansford . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose we should try and get this hot heap of shit off the ground , ’ the Maggot growled now . |
| 14 | Here they were dragging pebbles off the sand into small heaps . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Class finish which should keep the crap Gallon off the pitch . |
| 17 | We expected that the most intelligent horses would get the empty bucket off the top of the food in the shortest time . |
| 18 | He says although it 's the most modern building off the market square , it 's out of date as a modern shopping centre . |
| 19 | She dusted his footprints off the seat and then helped him to settle . |
| 20 | But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , ‘ It turns out he 's been syphoning money off the firm . |
| 22 | Now er , er obviously if , if we can , if we can get the money off the brewery cos you know , if we can get a little bit more |
| 23 | Cos they get money off the government do n't they , farmers ? |
| 24 | All to do with the s I mean th the Dock Commission they claimed a lot of money off the Corporation I think over that cos they |
| 25 | When Coleman drove to Atlanta airport on 13 June to meet Mary-Claude , Giselle and Sarah off the plane from Lebanon , he had a distinct suspicion that his usefulness as a DIA agent in the Middle East was at an end . |
| 26 | Needing air he got up abruptly — wishing to Christ that Lowell would take his thick ugly fingers off the girl 's neck . |
| 27 | Lee was trying to prise Philip 's fingers off the helmet . |
| 28 | Their loyalty was powerfully demonstrated recently in the storm of protest which greeted , and reversed , the decision of the BBC to take the weekly broadcast of Choral Evensong off the air . |
| 29 | ‘ Straight back to her apartment off the Aurelianstrasse , accompanied by her maid . |
| 30 | 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 . |