Example sentences of "his [noun sg] off and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only with Bodo , ’ Herr Nordern swore as he pulled his shirt off and it became entangled with his vest . |
| 2 | Nora eased his shirt off and began on her own dress and stays . |
| 3 | And they spat on him , and took the reed and began to beat him on the head , and after they had mocked him they took his robe off and put his garments on them and led him away to be , to crucify him . |
| 4 | Now if he did n't shave his hair off and he was walking around with a rim round the side of his head |
| 5 | See what he 's doing with his fur , look scratching and it 's going off and , he knocks his fur off and then it falls , falls out look at him the |
| 6 | So Shaun got to hold court , shoot his mouth off and was rarely challenged for his dodgy comments . |
| 7 | Towed his car off and they , you know , they , they 've got a car like and |
| 8 | Harvey got a piece of canvas out of the front of the car and then pike took his overcoat off and they wrapped the coat into the canvas and strapped it up very tight on a long strap , the other end of which they fixed to the belt of Ralph pike 's overalls . |
| 9 | Jim switched his engine off and stretched his arms . |
| 10 | He 's been a really decent bloke to me and I reckon he 's had a rough deal , what with that wife of his clearing off and now this … ’ |
| 11 | Joey stood in the door laughing his head off and Noreen peered over his shoulder , her hands over her mouth . |
| 12 | " Then when he fails you can chop his head off and take the ram . " |
| 13 | Every other paper one picked up had something either about his ancestors or his own latest piece of rabble-rousing — It was a stroke of genius by the Prime Minister to make him Minister of Fine Arts , where he could shout his head off and do little real harm . |
| 14 | Laughed his head off and |
| 15 | I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably said he thought two o'clock every afternoon I 'll remember what I can of Book of Isaiah you know . |
| 16 | Mm , mm its one of the great arguments from the old fashioned sort of religion , that you could turn , you could definitely turn to people and say why are you leaning on me so hard , for all this to fought , you ought to be reading your bible , saying your prayers , going to church and getting in touch with the boss why I laughed when they were saying that Terry Waite would need counselling , I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably set himself two o'clock every afternoon , I remember what I can , book of you know I do n't suppose he 'd needed any counselling , he 'd probably do better counselling other people . |
| 17 | Oscar took his jacket off and I offered to carry it for him . |
| 18 | The Man had taken his jacket off and was holding it out in front of him and all of them could see what he intended to do . |
| 19 | Did he behave like a guest or did he take his jacket off and sit in front of the fire like one of the family ? ’ |
| 20 | Bet if I took his jacket off and put it in that washer it 'd of fallen to bits cos it was that mucky . |
| 21 | She dragged her eyes up and watched as , unhurriedly , he stripped off his heavy gloves and laid them across the bike before lifting his helmet off and balancing it in front of him . |
| 22 | I took his sweatshirt off and the blood was literally running down my arms . |
| 23 | He took his belt off and started whacking Chrissie with it . |
| 24 | He had his coat off and was standing in front of the range , with a glass in his hand , rocking on his heels , one hand stuck in his trouser pocket . |
| 25 | ‘ Claudine , ’ he said tersely , flinging his coat off and striding through into the kitchen . |
| 26 | ‘ I notice he never took his coat off and helped . ’ |
| 27 | Tell your dad to get his arse off and get this stuff delivered ! |
| 28 | Doyle had his cap off and noticed that the new missus half put out her hand to shake his , not knowing what to do . |
| 29 | But he took his cap off and he had grey hair . |
| 30 | ‘ Gary is enjoying his time off and said he did n't miss the gruelling work that the lads did in training . ’ |