Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Kellett and Ashley Metcalfe were in a business-like mood and although they picked off the bad balls , they took few unnecessary risks . |
| 2 | Critics of the Ellis-Beto era contend that they traded off abuse by staff for abuse by inmates , in order to achieve a controlled and disciplined prison environment . |
| 3 | I I could have sworn that they came off my skin . |
| 4 | After the questions , the woman lodger went away and they took off Dot 's clothes and touched and prodded at her neck , her ears and her throat . |
| 5 | Nothing further was said either to or by our guests , and they drove off the next day with many felicitations and expressions of gratitude . |
| 6 | Erm some additional sidings , mills over here , some additional sidings were put in , in the early part of this century , and they came off the this track erm just this side of on the left hand side of the level crossing , erm and went er up to a dead end er just along in the right hand side , er over now towards where factory is . |
| 7 | General Lu Han had 180000 troops with him and they lived off the country in the traditional Chinese manner , looting and exporting industrial plant to China . |
| 8 | The Macedonian royal house was deeply involved with Persia : Gygaia , the sister of Alexander I , was given in marriage to a Persian called Boubares , and they lived off the revenues of a Phrygian city given them by the Persian king ( Hdt. viii . |
| 9 | But with Party Politics galloping on strongly up the run-in , Llewellyn always had victory in his sights and they held off Romany King for a popular win at 14–1 . |
| 10 | Dot felt herself being nudged awake , saw Gloria seize their two paper carriers , and they scrambled off the train at a dark station in the countryside . |
| 11 | They do , and they give off a nice piny smell as well |
| 12 | Whatever their basis in nefarious dealings , misunderstood intelligence , or dreams , noble things were being attempted , and if they came off the world would have cause to be grateful . |
| 13 | ‘ I think back to people like Allan Clarke , who were annoyed if they came off the pitch without scoring a goal . |
| 14 | and er if they come off the leads you see |
| 15 | But he said : ‘ The fans may not think Ian 's the best man for the job but if they lay off him for a bit then he might get it right for them . ’ |
| 16 | There are voices you turn to as a friend , and you do n't just turn your back on your friends if they go off the rails . |
| 17 | So it 's best if they go off January and then they 've got time to send them back have n't they . |
| 18 | But they rounded off the day with a huge feast at their mountain lodge in the Snowdonia mountain range . |
| 19 | They used Hilbert 's wine glasses because none of them could tolerate drinking from plastic or cartons but they ate off paper plates of which they had bought a hundred . |
| 20 | THE Welsh Rugby Union has banned Neath from touring abroad for three years because they walked off the pitch in a pre-season friendly in France last August . |
| 21 | It was also of course , we were put forward for objective two , this was turned down by these two commissioners simply because they sliced off two percent of the application . |
| 22 | I 'm sure , but they 're many of them are concerned about their budget because they live off a fixed pension |
| 23 | The Prussians were horrified to learn that in Pomerania and Danzig the surviving Polish nobility were reluctant to work for the new authorities and much preferred to lease out their estates to tenant farmers while they lived off the income in Warsaw . |
| 24 | She was woken at seven by the night nurses who had to tidy her up before they went off duty . |
| 25 | Except for minor modifications after they branched off the main line , all living species could be treated as steps on the way towards the human form . |
| 26 | So when , when they sold off the buildings , they made us no inclination that the was gon na farm it , he was in another job ? |
| 27 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 28 | Years ago Constance 's mother had kept chickens at the bottom of the garden , and when they went off the lay one of her sons-in-law had strangled them and she had given them away to the neighbours , being unable to eat a bird she had known personally . |
| 29 | They had first met on a school paperchase when they strayed off course and returned late after nightfall . |
| 30 | Erm I think it 's , I hope you 'll agree , that it 's absolutely essential and , and I hope that you , your reward will be the smiling faces of the youngsters when they come off the water during the year . |