Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb base] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'm , I 'm the same , I was talking to Rob the other day and er , I forget how I mentioned it , but I said something about , oh I think it 's because I was saying why do n't you come up like this week because he 's off this week , and er , he was making some excuse or other , oh I 've got three weeks off in the summer , oh I 'd sooner come up when I 've got this longest spell off , you know , and I want to get this chimney done and blah , blah |
| 2 | ‘ If opponents such as the Maltese constantly back off , we sometimes wonder what to do and we get careless . |
| 3 | these never fall off |
| 4 | Lori McElroy apparently shouted , ‘ Listen Charlie we 're not impressed so go off and pester someone else , ’ and , the court heard , Nicholas turned violent . |
| 5 | Once you 've done the knot put the ends out of the way , straight away and then last of all just finish off this corner here , if you 've got too much material okay , tuck it out of the way , you do n't want it dangling there out the way and how does this one go ? |
| 6 | I have tried watercolour , acrylics and indian inks , but they all subsequently flake off . |
| 7 | The prejudiced often write off whole groups of people as being unacceptable . |
| 8 | Choose healthy and vigorous non-flowering shoots ( if this is difficult just trim off any flowers ) , and make the cuttings about 10cm ( 4in ) long . |
| 9 | TRAWLER skipper Peter Storey , 44 , netted his biggest ever catch off the Sussex coast yesterday — 130lb of can-nabis in a cylinder worth £250,000 . |
| 10 | Aye sure they are nice now fuck off . |
| 11 | Five five twelfths cos we started off with six twelfths take one twelfth away start off with six pigs and take one pig away got five pigs . |