Example sentences of "off his [noun pl] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Virginia turned her head lazily where she lay supine on the fine white sand , and shot Guy a smile of such radiance that he flipped off his Raybans and propped himself on his elbows to scrutinise her more intently . |
| 2 | He stooped and took off his shoes and kicked them aside . |
| 3 | Kalchu took off his shoes and went into the shrine . |
| 4 | Edward took off his shoes and looked out of the window . |
| 5 | Then he sat in the grass , brought his wrists up under his knees , kicked off his shoes and worked his legs through his locked arms , one after the other . |
| 6 | Harry demonstrated their strength by whipping off his shoes and walking from root to tip with neither give or wrinkling . |
| 7 | Finally , slipping off his boots and making a few tears in his trousers with a bayonet , he gave her a quick grin , and melted into the night , just one more peasant among many . |
| 8 | He took off his boots and did this monologue about suede . |
| 9 | Subsequent entries on his report card show Hermann enjoying his new job delivering films to cinemas , paying off his debts and making toys in his spare time . |
| 10 | Towards the end of 1849 Gurney wrote to the Goldsmiths to request £200 " to enable him to clear off his debts and leave some money for general purposes " ; he was granted £300 . |
| 11 | Albert took off his glasses and rubbed them on his handkerchief and put them back on , as if clean spectacles might make him think better . |
| 12 | He took off his glasses and wiped them again , remembering the bitterness and rage to which he and MacQuillan had given vent . |
| 13 | Frank took off his glasses and began to polish them in the sheet with enthusiasm . |
| 14 | Edward snatched off his glasses and began to scrub them . |
| 15 | I do n't remember what the man looked like but he was coming out of the Arts Centre with his wife , took off his glasses and stepped in between the thugs and me . |
| 16 | He took off his glasses and put his arms around her waist , and they stood for a while facing one another . |
| 17 | ‘ I am not a particularly successful businessman , ’ Gould says , taking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes . |
| 18 | In his excitement , he took off his glasses and polished them on his pocket handkerchief , which was no longer clean . |
| 19 | Shelley heard his footstep in the grass as he turned to face her , and slowly took off his glasses and pushed them into his back pocket ; but she was n't prepared for being taken bodily into his arms and soundly kissed . |
| 20 | The second hit him in the right shoulder , the impact lifting him off his feet and sending him toppling towards the head of the stairs . |
| 21 | ‘ Alan 's tackle on Emyr Lewis at the start of the game , lifting him off his feet and sending him crashing down , was just what we needed to lift us ’ said Ruddock . |
| 22 | Plummer bellowed , watching gloomily as a body punch brought down his fighter 's guard and a thunderous uppercut lifted him off his feet and sent him crashing to the canvas . |
| 23 | The blast took the oriental in the right shoulder , knocked him off his feet and hurled him clear across the room , where he crashed to a stop with his head and shoulders propped against the far wall . |
| 24 | Rufus said , Hi , and come for a swim , so Adam took off his shorts and went into the water in his black nylon underpants . |
| 25 | She reached for him , and he stripped off his clothes and lay beside her , taking her tenderly in his arms . |
| 26 | She watched George pulling off his clothes and grinned again . |
| 27 | When , at last , he stripped off his clothes and came into her , it was as if this was the moment to which all her life had been leading . |
| 28 | Nick slipped off his clothes and edged his way into the water . |
| 29 | He carried the can with him into the bathroom where he stripped off his clothes and turned on the shower . |
| 30 | He could sluice himself , shuddering , take off his clothes and scrub them on a stone kerb , then hang them one by one out of the window . |