Example sentences of "take [pron] [noun] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from anything else , that takes my mind off the wombat of Stoke Newington and his tufty little dormitory . |
| 2 | ‘ I usually travel with an assistant from my management company and she does the same so we look a fine pair , both of us sitting there with dozens of jars in front of us , but it does the trick ; it takes my mind off the fact that we are 30,000 feet in the air at the time . |
| 3 | Clad in a white boiler suit , Barry takes his keyboard off the stand , bangs it gently ( ! ) on the floor , then puts it back before one of his customary jives around the stage , whistle in mouth . |
| 4 | Clad in a white boiler suit , Barry takes his keyboard off the stand , bangs it gently ( ! ) on the floor , then puts it back before one of his customary jives around the stage , whistle in mouth . |
| 5 | When he takes his foot off the pedal again , the revs will fall back to their preset level again . |
| 6 | The four-foot-long nozzle is heavy for me and hard to hold level , but I do not take my eyes off the spider . |
| 7 | Maybe my mother thought it would take my mind off the convent , for she agreed . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , your Lucy has got you winding her chain , darling , and she just wo n't take her feet off the ground and let go — am I right ? ’ |
| 9 | Polly did n't dare take her eyes off the compass . |
| 10 | ‘ It 'll take their minds off the cattle-fever , ’ said Thorfinn . |
| 11 | He can then take his foot off the pedal as the revs will now stay at their preset level , rather like a cruise control in a car . |
| 12 | Major Nogin was looking expectantly towards our table and Ralph Pike could n't take his eyes off the major . |
| 13 | But he could not take his eyes off the photograph in front of him . |
| 14 | Can you take your feet off the table ! |
| 15 | Now road testing , the bloke said look you can take your hands off the wheel at a hundred and fifty ! |
| 16 | Hilda , will you take your books off the table ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I could help take your mind off the unpleasantness . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ No , but it 'll take your mind off the nausea and dizziness . ’ |
| 19 | I was me and it was both frightening and exciting , like driving very fast round a precipitous bend with someone now and again taking my hands off the wheel and forcing me to trust . |
| 20 | taking my mouth off the bottle , bagpipe |
| 21 | But Evans said : ‘ I never took my hands off the ball . |
| 22 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 23 | The Republic of Ireland took its system off the peg . |
| 24 | By the end of that year , twelve other countries had followed that arrangement , so the United States of America also took its dollar off the gold standard . |
| 25 | But , with next weekend 's play-off final at Wembley against West Brom in mind , Vale took their foot off the pedal for the final half hour . |
| 26 | She took her foot off the accelerator and put it on the brake , and as the car slowed she could see now that it was a child , a toddler with a red woolly hat on . |
| 27 | Swiftly Nora took her foot off the jar and , while Bryant was busy retrieving what was left of his beer , she darted forward and whisked the bag from under the girl . |
| 28 | She took her jacket off the hook and poked it above the suitcase , so that she had a free hand … |
| 29 | Alexandra took her hands off the keyboard . |
| 30 | She kept her eyes on the traffic , took her hand off the gear-stick briefly , patted my leg , then withdrew her hand to change gear . |