Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] i off " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Lewis insisted : ‘ There is n't enough money in Britain or America put together to buy me off . |
| 2 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 3 | ‘ Very useful things , ladders , especially when you 're on the top of one — there 's nowhere for you to run , which I get the feeling you are contemplating , and I think even you are n't callous enough to push me off backwards . ’ |
| 4 | It was too much for a little girl and I think it rather put me off chapel . |
| 5 | The experience rather put me off but I still have the Raleigh with me in Cotherstone , and keep hoping to have another go . |
| 6 | The idea just turns me off and my husband ca n't understand this . |
| 7 | ‘ He just dropped me off , ’ she said . |
| 8 | ‘ She was very sure of herself , a bit cocky and she had a coldness that just put me off her . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ All that intense passion , the long hours in bed when you made love to me over and over , but never said anything — it just turned me off . |
| 10 | think of your lad 's name and I 'm saying you give it to erm tt erm oh yeah I remember , but he 'd already told me off . |
| 11 | A plunge in the pool soon turned me off . ’ |
| 12 | He can just drop me off , you know with the stu obviously |
| 13 | My Grandfather arrived and was found to be not my ‘ official ’ guardian , but despite red tape they finally carted me off to be cauterized . |
| 14 | I tried to explain to Drew , but he just sent me off . ’ |
| 15 | His mouth opened and closed while portraits of notables revolved on some sort of belt contraption behind him and my mind strayed to Phil Collins 's story about the time he went up and asked Steve Davis for an autograph : ‘ He did n't even glance at me , just sent me off to get a pen , and then signed his name , still without looking at me . |
| 16 | Yeah bet , bet they will just to piss me off . |
| 17 | ‘ So you can hardly just kill me off now . |
| 18 | He very quickly told me off because I was a bit absentminded . |
| 19 | Team games always put me off . |
| 20 | They always set me off . |
| 21 | Mrs Fraser once packed me off to bed as I was groggy with summer flu , and the four lads with me were sent off to do Ben Tee on their own — a perfect challenge for their particular hill experience at the time . |
| 22 | And Mum 's always telling me off for doing things wrong . |
| 23 | ‘ Dad 's always telling me off about watching too much TV . |
| 24 | The price very nearly put me off though , £37.00 for one jump , but I thought it would be worth it as the price included one year 's membership and insurance so the price of the next jump would drop to £25.00 . |
| 25 | He nearly finished me off , as well , last night . |
| 26 | It nearly took me off . |
| 27 | Oh this machine is really pissing me off ! |
| 28 | It 's really pissing me off ! |
| 29 | but I 've got ta , I 've got ta , I know , I 've got ta get it off my back though because it 's really pissing me off . |
| 30 | That 's what really put me off . |