Example sentences of "i off " in BNC.

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31 Rye praises the IT she has received : ‘ The project has kept me off the streets and taught me useful things like carpentry .
32 I had the privilege of being interviewed for Desert Island Discs some time ago , by the late Roy Plomley , and his opening remark switched me off a treat .
33 I told me mum about it and she said we ca n't be having that and got on the phone to the doctor , but he would n't even come out and he took me off the [ practice 's ] list .
34 Scratch me off your mailing list .
35 I took the cliff road and the wind could be so fierce that it blew me off my bike more than once .
36 Not today , however , and now my route took me off the road by a stile and up over the hill by an old quarry track .
37 Another five seconds and you 'd have had to scrape me off the underside of this thing . ’
38 ‘ Get me off the hook , Preston .
39 He would meet me off the last train … .
40 I 'll have to get Roberto , my hairdresser , and his manicurist to virtually meet me off the plane . ’
41 You drive me off the road into a gully , and now you 're dashing off ! ’
42 He wanted to make sure he knew who 'd been the problem and would n't let me off the hook .
43 It used to lead lead to Station and er I 've seen these two when I 've been walking around , I 've seen them take their head up and lift me off the ground .
44 The question , for some reason , sets me off blubbering again .
45 ‘ Spatz says he 's going to keep me off the Project .
46 I hit him again , but he had his arm up , at the same time he kicked out and knocked me off my feet .
47 I laughed at his coat once and he pushed me off a bar stool . ’
48 He had an authority , an abrupt decisiveness , that caught me off balance .
49 If my mother wants me off the Project , she can damn well go through channels and see how far it gets her . ’
50 So that 's that — you do n't get me off this earth until they are all well into middle-age . ’
51 She twigged what I was driving at … that I suspected Alain had been murdered … and decided to get in first to throw me off the scent .
52 When we were in port he let me off work and allowed me to go ashore for as long as I wanted : " After all , you 're here to see these places .
53 Well I , that 's really the only reason I came up was because I wondered if they wanted to take me off it , you know if you wanted to change it , because i it is n't working .
54 You better accompany me off the main street .
55 His right shoulder crashes forward as he spins , to jolt me off balance and let him come in close .
56 And I suppose all that Oxfam reject rubbish was just to throw me off the scent ? ’
57 ‘ No , ’ she went on coolly , ‘ do n't waste your time trying to warn me off Rob .
58 ‘ There was I playing so well even I could n't believe it and along comes this kid and keeps me off the table for three frames !
59 The yellow shirt orders me off the bed and tears through the sheets .
60 Nor do I feel like setting myself up as an Aunt Sally just waiting for all those girls to throw themselves at me in the attempt to knock me off my perch ! ’
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