Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] it off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dickie laughs it off |
| 2 | The legend about the making of Letter To Brezhnev starts it off . |
| 3 | Woolley turned it off . |
| 4 | Carlie shook it off . |
| 5 | Ellen cut it off . |
| 6 | Colin and Sue took it off our hands and have made further excellent improvements . |
| 7 | Nell pulled it off , got close to the door , and shouted . |
| 8 | Meryl switched it off again and stared across the room , her heart thudding . |
| 9 | 1932 was a momentous year in Chiswick , which had found itself almost isolated and unable to expand due to the River Thames cutting it off from the County of Surrey , and the boundary of Hammersmith to the east , being also the boundary with the London County Council ; with little or no contact or matters of interest with Acton to the north , but nevertheless a narrow link with Brentford , to the west ( Chiswick High Road had been called the Brentford Road for very many years ) , which link was considerably enhanced by the construction of the Great West Road . |
| 10 | The radio was tuned to the BBC , to her surprise , but Rory switched it off as he got in . |
| 11 | She watched Aggie ease it off her flesh , then take a nightdress from a drawer and pull it over her head , and lastly , sit on the side of the bed and draw off her stockings . |
| 12 | He then showed us the brass plate of ‘ No. 1 ’ , still attached to the piece of cab as Selwyn Higgins cut it off . |
| 13 | Ali shrugs it off : ‘ Floyd mean well . ’ |
| 14 | Philip picked it off . |
| 15 | Or get Mr Thacker to shave it off ? |
| 16 | Audrey started it off . |
| 17 | Mary switched it off and handed it to him . |
| 18 | Shall Tippy take it off for you ? ’ |
| 19 | Three young actresses : Sally Longlands , Claire Newman and Elaine Wyatt , who delighted audiences with their antics in the society 's production of Daisy Pulls it Off , all take important roles in this production which is being directed by Andrew Day . |
| 20 | Manson took it off , leaving the Chinaman with a sadly depleted sales pitch . |
| 21 | And when the country 's worst riots in decades brought the ugliest face of the rich-poor divide into every citizen 's living room , Bush shrugged it off . |
| 22 | His secretary Pamela reads it off her memo pad : ‘ The VC 's PA rang to say could they have your nomination for the Industry Year Shadow Scheme . ’ |
| 23 | Kate ripped it off and shoved it in the pocket of her jacket . |
| 24 | Well , the Cs looked promising to begin with , with R.C. Russell and C.C. Lewis to kick it off in style , but after finding a find opening pair in B.C. Broad and T.C. Middleton , and two more seam bowlers in M.C. Ilott and G.C. Small , I ran out of likely candidates , although two Kent discards , S.C . |
| 25 | Fears that the march would heighten communal tension had prompted Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao to summon a special all-party meeting on Dec. 10 in a fruitless effort to persuade the BJP to call it off . |
| 26 | Jim put it off . |
| 27 | When a ship shifted position to silence him , Sergeant-Major Haines drove it off with a bren gun ! |
| 28 | The Philharmonia carried it off well . |
| 29 | The Prince and Stephen O'Brien hit it off well from their first meeting . |
| 30 | Felicity shrugged it off , looking down at her notepad . |