Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] off a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inflation of the theatricality of the social drama leads detectives to lay emphasis on ‘ the big job ’ and the arrest of the professional ‘ prig ’ who commits the big burglary or pulls off a daring robbery . |
| 2 | We spilt a few beans and touched the odd ( female ) nerve and laughed off a few fiascos . |
| 3 | Had the sentry panicked at the sound of a galloping horse and fired off a lucky shot , or was there a more sinister design ? |
| 4 | During an unprecedented Balmoral summit , he will thrash out a pay-as-you-earn plan with the Queen and stave off a constitutional crisis . |
| 5 | Get some syphon tubing from a shop that sells home-brewing equipment and cut off a manageable length . |
| 6 | The 30-year-old Mandale Harrier was making his first appearance over the country for a year , but he broke clear on the second of the three laps of a gruelling nine kilometre course and held off a late challenge by Newton Aycliffe 's Kevin Vose to win by an emphatic 13 seconds . |
| 7 | Hastings , who has played only 40 minutes on the tour , increased speculation that all was not well when he declined a round of golf today significant as the Watsonians star is a golf fanatic and plays off a seven handicap . |
| 8 | During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy . |
| 9 | To fill the vertical joints , turn the hawk and separate off a small amount of mortar , lifting it on the underside of the trowel |
| 10 | Philip picked up the roll of wire from beside the hide and clipped off a good length of wire . |
| 11 | Cuban refugees , trained by the Americans , were to invade the island and set off a spontaneous rising of the Cuban people against Castro . |
| 12 | Time stood still and suddenly there was only one focus — this mounting , spiralling pressure that set off a high-pitched singing inside her head and made breathing hazardous . |
| 13 | Nick , the ever-ready surveyor , whipped out his loaded camera and reeled off a few shots of the thief . |
| 14 | I raced back to the line-up and picked off a few more waves . |
| 15 | After a week , Shaun calls back for the full container and drops off a new one . |