Example sentences of "[pron] could not [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so disappointed to find out that , because I work for the company , I could not send off for three free tea towels and a £1 gift voucher being offered as part of a Hovis and JS combined promotion . |
| 2 | She could not shake off the effect of the dream despite Comfort 's kindness , and her muscles still trembled . |
| 3 | When she woke she found her hand covered with blood which she could not wash off until she went to church to confess to the priest . |
| 4 | The orders were very strict that one could not move off until the oil temperature was above the minimum and on this occasion I was quite determined to make up the time . |
| 5 | The raiders slipped in past the Macleans ' patrolling galleys , and killed and kidnapped , destroyed and looted , slaughtering or crippling what livestock they could not carry off and leaving the survivors to starve . |
| 6 | He contemplated becoming a teacher and giving up acting , except he could not shake off the desire . |
| 7 | In the winter of 1940–41 , having moved to Shamley Green , he contracted influenza which he could not shake off : he spent half of January and most of February in bed , and was still recuperating at home in March . |
| 8 | But whether he went across the seas or not he could not pass off his own deeds under Robert 's name . |
| 9 | They called to him twice before he heard , and then he started and came after them at a rapid walk , like a man driven by some urgent pain he could not slough off . |