Example sentences of "want [to-vb] off " in BNC.
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1 | ALSO , Liverpool wo n't want to write off the best part of £1 million spent on recruiting Souness : £500,000 a year salary and £400,000 compensation to Rangers . |
2 | Moreover , most users who did actually want to come off were reacting , not to heroin itself but the associated dangerous and stressful lifestyle . |
3 | I did not want to come off , because the points were so important . |
4 | ‘ I suppose you 'll want to knock off now , will you ? ’ |
5 | Who would want to knock off bloody bicycles ? |
6 | Listen , do you want to knock off early tonight ? ’ |
7 | Some of these will be on the periodical shelves at your library and others you might want to send off for . |
8 | ‘ No , I 'd expected it ; he would n't want to start off on the wrong foot . ’ |
9 | Amanda , do you want to kick off on this ? |
10 | What you 've done wo n't sink in for ages , but you wo n't want to get off that horse . ’ |
11 | Naturally she does n't want to get off before having looked for it properly . |
12 | It was n't the hard work he minded , he liked work , he liked long hours , he did n't want to slack off : it was the anxiety he could n't stand . |
13 | Did he want to take off his coat ? |
14 | gestures , big ones , enough to you know you do n't want to take off but open gestures , get your hands moving , does n't matter does it . |
15 | It was n't how you might think — we did n't want a witness , we did n't want to show off that we were in love ; he was just easy to be with . |