Example sentences of "want [to-vb] him off " in BNC.
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1 | You want to shake him off like a wasp on a sunny day . |
2 | ‘ I hired this man , and I want to call him off — ‘ |
3 | ‘ Almost anything , ’ said Roland , suddenly wanting to put him off the trail . |
4 | You do n't want to turn him off , because his next winner might be a real winner … . |
5 | He may have made a cool £250,000 out of writing George Michael 's biography , but he was cute enough to identify a demand for the tome , and lucky George did n't want to rip him off for the proceeds . |
6 | It was partly for shame after all the talk and the things that the papers said , but as well as that they wanted to cut him off for good . ’ |
7 | er , sort of er , they wanted to sign him off but our Tom said no he do n't want to be signed off so they put them on er , he 's to go back in six months |
8 | When she was out she wanted to show him off . |