Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun pl] off [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know , but we should n't have to borrow mother when I had to get back , to borrow my wages off Jes to get her tax for her car which left us with no money ! |
| 2 | They joined a major label so that they could sell records throughout the world and then made the job harder by keeping their names off record sleeves and rejecting full page adverts for smaller ones . |
| 3 | The marquis was having difficulty keeping his hands off Horatia . |
| 4 | Though less heavily armoured than the human knights they use their greater speed well and are every bit as deadly in combat , catching their foes off guard with quick flanking moves and pursuits . |
| 5 | In 1632 ‘ a crowd of women and men , armed with scythes and pitchforks , uttered threatening words ’ to anyone attempting to drive their cattle off Holme fen . |
| 6 | Visitors to the rhododendron garden are now asked to keep dogs on leads , but they are welcome to exercise their dogs off leads in all other areas of Leith Hill . |
| 7 | He could n't keep his eyes off Ace . |
| 8 | In the other corner , Carmella had her hand in Joey 's , who , as usual , could n't keep his eyes off Noreen . |
| 9 | The idea being that if he spends the next couple of weeks explaining to all the other people there why he ca n't keep his hands off women he wo n't want to be unfaithful any more and his wife will forgive him . |
| 10 | He could n't keep his hands off women , and most likely , under his brown flawless skin , he was riddled with disease — disease he had caught from the soft , unwholesome flesh of nameless women . |
| 11 | I just care about getting my kids off drugs . ’ |
| 12 | Pub helps to put its customers off alcohol |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't take my eyes off people 's footwear . |
| 14 | Miller had told the Geordies to keep their hands off £2 million-rated Eoin Jess after claims that the striker was Kevin Keegan 's top transfer target . |
| 15 | She did n't take her eyes off Frank . |
| 16 | She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff . |
| 17 | Although ostensibly listening to what Jonadab was saying , he could not take his eyes off Sarah . |
| 18 | He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed . |
| 19 | Bingham ca n't take his eyes off Ali ; the still life of his friend , tethered so completely , seems as incomprehensible to him as it would to others who followed the radiated glow of Ali 's invulnerability . |
| 20 | Tommy , who was accompanying them on the mouth-organ , noticed that Charlie could n't take his eyes off Rose the barmaid who , although on the wrong side of thirty , never stopped flirting with the young recruits . |
| 21 | If there was civil war , the Scots would spill across the Northern March , the Welsh would rebel , and Philip of France would have his ships off Dover within a week . |
| 22 | well wait a minute I 've got get me purse better make sure I 've got some money with me had n't I ? oh there 's plenty there here you are , oh do n't take your shoes off Bryony , fasten them up look , here you are if you 're carrying my bag for me |
| 23 | There 's no real hurry , it 's not till 11.30 ) chatting brightly to hide the hollow empty absence of anything at all in the way of feeling , and kept my eyes off Toby 's face which had a look on it as if someone were dragging his insides out . |
| 24 | I do n't know whether it contributed much — one never knows oneself whether it contributes or nOt — but I never took my eyes off Peter during this scene , willed him to do this , that and the other , and was saddened and grieved and distressed by the fact that everybody turned against him at the end . |
| 25 | Helen , never taking her eyes off Alexandra , craned sideways so that she could wind a finger round and round in a hole in her black stocking . |
| 26 | I 've settled with her ; she knows her place , ’ Rose said over her shoulder , not taking her eyes off Coffin 's face . |
| 27 | ‘ Throw me out , ’ said Kelly without taking her eyes off Broom-Parker , ‘ and the whiskers come too . |
| 28 | John poured himself another drink without taking his eyes off Maggie . |
| 29 | ‘ No , ’ said Rohmer , without taking his eyes off Cardiff . |
| 30 | ‘ I want to see , ’ said Pearce , without taking his eyes off Rohmer . |