Example sentences of "[verb] off with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the performance of monocrystalline cells drops off with the longer wavelengths of light in this spectrum . |
| 2 | An attack is warded off with the rear hand guard : the defender then drops onto one knee and strikes with a crippling tiger claw to the groin . |
| 3 | It starts off with the prayer-framed sequence of events up to the point in the narrative when Christ is crowned with thorns and condemned to death , but in a more compressed form . |
| 4 | As she moved off with the other mounted followers , Artemis determined that if her father thought it was time for her to stop riding ponies and learn to hunt on a horse , then so be it . |
| 5 | You can tell that you have not been fobbed off with the more mature product by the size of the cuts and the pallor of the flesh . |
| 6 | When I asked earlier what those penalties might be , I was fobbed off with the answer that the matter would be referred to the industrial tribunal , and that the worker involved might receive some form of compensation . |
| 7 | In 1988 , customers , so cheesed off with the Line 's service , staged the famous so-called ‘ battle of Finchley Central , ’ occupying a train after an all-too-common announcement that it was to be diverted to Mill Hill East instead of ‘ speeding ’ to its original destination of High Barnet . |
| 8 | However I did get a bit cheesed off with the movie 's rather plodding pace . |
| 9 | After the hour-long service Diana drove off with the boys in the back to Kensington Palace . |
| 10 | He ordered the driver and two officers to get out … and then drove off with the third towards London . |
| 11 | Gordon John Sinclair is Gregory , a gangling , amiable misfit who falls in love with Dee Hepburn but eventually cops off with the infinitely more desirable Clare Grogan on a balmy evening in East Kilbride — which looks like heaven . |
| 12 | The remains of her whiteface make-up came off with the clotted badges of blood . |
| 13 | But alas , alack , someone in Dover took a can-opener to their trusty Sherpa van on Sunday 22nd November and waltzed off with the following : a purple sunburst ESP Horizon 5-string bass in flightcase ; a 1982 Stratocaster in faded cream with ciggie burns on the headstock , also in a flightcase ; a sunburst Telecaster , also with ciggie burns and in a black moulded Fender case ; a 100-watt Marshall Hi-gain Dual Reverb head ; a Roland R-5 drum machine ; an Aztec wireless system in case with Studiomaster mic ; two bags — one ex-army , one sports bag — containing a large assortment of leads , strings , tuners , power supplies etc. , and a home-made pedal-board with a BOSS Stereo Chorus , an Ibanez bass compressor and an Aria stage tuner . |
| 14 | After washing , twist taps were not turned off with the paper towel ; and where elbow taps were available , they were used properly only four times ; and when disposing of the paper towel in foot-operated pedal bins , nurses used their hands to open and close the bins . |
| 15 | It was eleven o'clock before all the family were in bed , and two o'clock next morning was the latest time to set off with the beehives . |
| 16 | One of the men , however , easily held down the exciseman while the others made off with the booty . |
| 17 | Niven Jr was tied up by two gunmen , who made off with the haul belonging to Elizabeth Adams . |
| 18 | One of his two sixes off left-arm spinner henry went out of the ground , and play was held up while police vainly chased a thief who made off with the ball . |
| 19 | I might have escaped her vigilance when I made off with the boat , but my wails of distress soon brought her running to the rescue . |
| 20 | The thief made off with the week-end offerings from St. Mary 's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church in Killyleagh . |
| 21 | Last week Mr Harper 's brother Paul offered a £500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the four-man gang which made off with the £3,000 haul . |
| 22 | Thieves made off with the gear after spotting it outside Peter Mountain 's flat in Victor Street , York . |
| 23 | Thieves made off with the loan car of a woman who had her vehicle stolen . |
| 24 | ‘ He just walked in , pushed her aside and made off with the handbag , ’ she claimed . |
| 25 | On CEEFAX and TELETEXT it implied that Cuntona got off with the rap . |
| 26 | Agitation caused the heavier ore to fall through the dense media into hoppers below , whilst the waste rode off with the current of water into further units , and eventually the sand pile . |
| 27 | The principle was the same however — the reliance of the mineral with its heavier specific gravity , settling down quickly whilst the waste rode off with the water . |
| 28 | The festival kicks off with The Rockingbirds . |
| 29 | February is Pocket Books ' launch month and , although not the biggest Giant of the Month , it kicks off with the new Virginia Andrews ™ , Dawn . |
| 30 | The month kicks off with the Not-So Innocent Bystanders ' production of ‘ 3 Steps to Heaven ’ , a new music theatre piece by writer/performer Helen Trew , and directed by local actor Richard Orr . |