Example sentences of "took [pos pn] [noun] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details . |
| 2 | But Evans said : ‘ I never took my hands off the ball . |
| 3 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 4 | I do n't know why or how it worked but it certainly took my mind off my voice . |
| 5 | ‘ I never took my eye off it . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether it contributed much — one never knows oneself whether it contributes or nOt — but I never took my eyes off Peter during this scene , willed him to do this , that and the other , and was saddened and grieved and distressed by the fact that everybody turned against him at the end . |
| 7 | Took my letter off me said she 'll come back for it at dinner time because she wanted my bag , I mean like well I , I had n't said that . |
| 8 | The Republic of Ireland took its system off the peg . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | To her relief , Oz nodded and , as soon as they all took their eyes off him , he slid away from the tea-table and out of the room . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It did n't come well from a girl who took her clothes off every night in front of an audience of five hundred , at least half of whom must be men . |
| 15 | She took her jacket off the hook and poked it above the suitcase , so that she had a free hand … |
| 16 | She only took her sunglasses off when she was inside the dark little shop but even then it took a few moments for her eyes to adjust . |
| 17 | Alexandra took her hands off the keyboard . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She quickly left the room , took her coat off the hat-stand in the hallway and left . |
| 20 | At least it took her mind off the far less confident emotions that she was feeling on her own account . |
| 21 | Ace took her finger off the button . |
| 22 | She took her finger off the button . |
| 23 | Screwing up her courage , she deliberately took her finger off the button . |
| 24 | Beth never took her eyes off the little group ; Cissie , who was now a young lady of exceptional prettiness and who was hugging her brother for the umpteenth time ; and Beth 's own son Richard … now six years old and growing more like Tyler every day ; and David , a quiet man , a man who was too gentle , a man still dominated by the monster who had raised him . |
| 25 | She took her eyes off the road briefly and glanced at Nicola . |
| 26 | She took her eyes off the road for an instant to glance at him . |
| 27 | The mother said she hardly took her eyes off him for a second . ’ |
| 28 | Erlich took his raincoat off the back seat , the heavy Burberry that he had paid a fortune for in Rome . |
| 29 | They took his accoutrements off him . |
| 30 | He was on his bike six kids jumped him and said give us your bike they , they took his bike off him gave him a hammering right on the nose , broke his nose . |