Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] off their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each year , more and more people watch fireworks at organised displays , rather than setting off their own at home . |
| 2 | He had a tame magpie which , in keeping with tradition , would occasionally steal shiny objects , and a short-eared brown owl which was quartered in his barn and developed a habit of flying at the heads of visitors and knocking off their hats . |
| 3 | Drastic alterations might be made to eligibility criteria , assessments either not carried out or not acted upon , and the sight of all those solicitors that the SSI is so worried about sharpening their quills and dusting off their judicial review procedures . |
| 4 | Now they tended to find their victims , and the loot for which they came , locked behind strong walls ; if they ventured too far , they found garrisons sallying from these fortresses and cutting off their escape . |
| 5 | The river was a lilac grey colour but the water splashing over their upturned faces and running off their arms was silver . |
| 6 | The poachers are operating in Somerset 's Quantock Hills , shooting stags and hacking off their heads and antlers to display as trophies . |
| 7 | And showing off their work at Southport 's prom were Head Dog Warden , Helen Wignall and her team , Susan McDonald , Shelley Fryer , Lesley Carrington and Amanda Townley . |