Example sentences of "[pers pn] off [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since peasants who still possessed any seed reserves or livestock were excluded from relief , they were compelled to sell them off in some cases in order to survive . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've had a few guilty twinges about ticking you off about those steps . |
| 3 | His stumbling gait took him off in all directions except the one he wanted to go in . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , some 300 potato farmers dumped 3,000 tons of potatoes on roads to the north western town of Pontivy , cutting it off for several hours . |
| 5 | But this was self-pity , to which he had never been addicted , and he must shake it off at all costs . |
| 6 | I do n't consider , I do n't consider that the severity of this county council 's financial position justifies this , in the flog it off at all costs approach . |
| 7 | The following day we could knock it off in few hours before returning to base . |
| 8 | This has the effect that the bank will be unable to combine that account or set it off against any amounts owed to the bank by the SFA member firm and , in the event of the insolvency of the SFA member firm , the funds in the account will not pass to the liquidator but will remain subject to the trust in favour of the clients contributing the money . |