Example sentences of "they have [verb] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After they 'd cooled off a bit , you 'd have to go and water them . |
| 2 | Would they have switched off the cold fountains in Trafalgar Square ? |
| 3 | But if , say , they use £ 10-worth of it right away , £10-worth three weeks later , and save the final £10-worth until they 've paid off the check ‘ so that I do n't owe anyone ’ , the true rate of interest works out at about 400 per cent . |
| 4 | But they 've pulled off a surprise or two , Courtney Walsh has looked as good a bowler as anyone in the country and one or two new names , have emerged . |
| 5 | Morland bosses say they 've pulled off the escape of the decade |
| 6 | They had fought off a spirited £1.1bn bid from the BTR conglomerate six years earlier when chairman Sir Antony Pilkington and his team argued the key lay in dedicated research and investment . |
| 7 | Policy makers were faced with a dilemma : they had to trade off a ‘ good ’ ( high employment ) against a ‘ bad ’ ( inflation ) . |
| 8 | Given this pattern of repeat business , and of agents who have a collection round which week after week includes the same customers , it is typical for customers to start another check when they have paid off the one before . |