Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2.15:LYNDA Ramsden 's Sillars Stalker lost his unbeaten record when runner-up to Bollin William at Haydock and is worth opposing off a 5lb higher mark here . |
| 2 | The walk follows a winding road out of Ballycastle for a short while , but it is worth branching off at the sign for Kinbane Castle . |
| 3 | You could compensate for a too-stiff rod and poor reflexes — reflexes which you need for easing off when the hook bites into a lip — by using a stronger line . |
| 4 | The powerful running of the big front man had been a constant threat to Andover all afternoon and they just had no answer as he finally surged through shrugging off vain attempts to check him before delivering the perfect finish . |
| 5 | Egypt and Syria have a smaller stake in the war , but they also have sound pragmatic reasons for seeing off a rival . |
| 6 | For a start , you need a bricklaying trowel for spreading the mortar bed in which each course of bricks or blocks is laid , for buttering mortar on to the end of each brick before you place it , and for trimming off excess mortar afterwards . |
| 7 | ‘ Music 's not about being political , ’ reckons Scott , ‘ it 's for gettin' off on . |
| 8 | ‘ Music 's not about being political , ’ reckons Scott , ‘ it 's for gettin' off on . |
| 9 | They are ideal for stripping off old paint from fixed joinery such as windows and skirtings . |
| 10 | In the ‘ we-reap-as-we-sow ’ category this week there are reports by Computer Reseller News that WordPerfect is now thinking about dusting off its long-standing complaints against Microsoft Corp and turning them into an anti-trust action if the US Federal Trade Commission does n't hop to and litigate . |
| 11 | And before you know it you 're packing your case and ironing your spotty frocks , ready for jetting off into the sun . |
| 12 | You reckon Hatton would also have told him the river bed was full of stones one of which would make a suitable weapon for knocking off his informant ? ’ |
| 13 | So I settled for dusting off his shoulder and giving it a quick squeeze . |
| 14 | The small swimming pool is perfect for cooling off under the force of the midday sun , and the snack bar serves a great range of food into the early hours of the morning . |
| 15 | He says all the stuff about storming off to Paris and missing practices were rumours spread by Wilko . |
| 16 | For a double band , after binding off , fold the band to the inside and catch down loosely . |
| 17 | After stripping off in a Levi 's ad and Thelma & Louise , Brad Pitt has been hailed as the new James Dean , a sex symbol for the Nineties . |
| 18 | After knocking off her old man , Jessamyn rose through the ranks in the Psychopomps , and racked up quite a score . |
| 19 | Net profit after writing off the goodwill associated with acquisitions dropped further , by 16.9% to $15.1m . |
| 20 | But group turnover fell 10 per cent to £560.7 million , profits after interest plunged by 40 per cent to £5.6 million and after writing off £2 million in exceptional charges , mainly redundancy costs , profits before tax dived by 61 per cent to £3.6 million , for their fifth consecutive year of decline . |
| 21 | After writing off an £819,000 investment in an unquoted company , there is nothing left for a dividend for the third year running . |
| 22 | Daley beat Mabbutt and Cundy in the 86th minute to score Villa 's fourth and , a minute from the end , Regis completed Tottenham humiliation after brushing off a Bergsson 's weak challenge . |
| 23 | He collapsed by the roadside after wandering off alone in a daze and died hours later in intensive care . |
| 24 | There is a tacit assumption that , after rounding off their formal education with a cookery or arts course , daughters will join their well-bred friends on the marriage market . |
| 25 | After paying off the driver Nathan steered her into a busy , softly lit restaurant , and she had to admit he had guessed correctly that a meal did indeed top her list of priorities . |
| 26 | Our research suggests that after the sale of the music business to Thorn , the trusts would have got about four hundred and fifty million pounds , even after paying off debts and setting aside money for the initial expansion of Virgin Atlantic , that would still leave about two hundred and fifty million . |
| 27 | And after pulling off the midfielder on the hour , Branfoot admitted : ‘ I could see Terry being sent off and I did n't want him missing matches . |
| 28 | After dashing off to Canada last November , the Duchess of York jumped into a jet bound for New York , before hopping over the Atlantic for a bit of shopping in Paris . |
| 29 | Park Foods is in fine fettle after selling off all none-core business identified in a refocusing exercise a move which has clearly had a beneficial effect on profits which soared by a third from £7.7m to £10.3m before tax at the end of March this year . |
| 30 | Howard ( 43 ) earned the tag ‘ Fearless Fred ’ when , after sending off Australian David Codey in the 1987 World Cup , he dismissed three more internationals in 1990 — Kevin Moseley , of Wales , Frenchman Alain Carminati and Andre Stoop , of Namibia . |