Example sentences of "[vb infin] it off [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NEEDING four points from the six singles to beat Scotland on the opening day of the Womens Home Internationals at Hermitage Ireland could not quite bring it off and lost in the end by 5–4 . |
| 2 | I mean the big fellows here they 've got to try and run it off or give it a tug and come off come off and get the er the sub on . |
| 3 | And then er er but it was this was fixed right above , then you could , reach if you did feel you hand getting caught , you could slide it off and stop the p switch it onto loose pulley immediately . |
| 4 | Why ca n't I take it off and rest it awhile on someone 's mantel-piece ? |
| 5 | ‘ As you know there are two kinds of roughing you can either put frost-nails in the shoe or you can take it off and turn the heels and the toes of the shoes up — turning 'em up , we used to call it . |
| 6 | I 'd far sooner take it off and do a proper job but well |
| 7 | Well , it was n't about anything , except did she have it off or did n't she ? |
| 8 | If any gossip reached Red Leland I suspected he would shrug it off and forget it . |
| 9 | Nobody would take her seriously , Luke would laugh it off and take control of the situation , belittle her in front of his friends … and , besides , did she really want Mark 's death brought down to the level of party-stopper ? |
| 10 | I 'll get it off and sent Carol . |
| 11 | A scab is something you have to put up with until the time comes when you can pick it off and flick it away . |
| 12 | ( Negative about writing , especially creative writing , will put it off and get out of it if he can . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's really hard to overcome that , to just shake it off and say , ‘ Oh well , they 're just dumb kids , maybe they 'll throw away their Skid Row records and listen to Mudhoney because of us … ’ but that story 's old . |
| 14 | There , they would check it off and whoosh it back to you with the customer 's change and the docket stamped . |