Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] [pron] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With abused children the immediate and undisputed need is for protection but , in achieving this , we may cut them off from cherished family and community links , an isolation that may prove damaging . |
| 2 | Whether we should send him off with a shove in his rear and a pair of boxed ears does not matter . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll finish them off in a fortnight , ’ he said , as he celebrated 31st birthday . |
| 4 | And if you are fairly okay then we 'll probably say well we 'll sign you off at this stage anyway . |
| 5 | I 've got an interesting point that I relate about this job that when I went to see them , about starting this job , they said , Well , they never told me before I got in , they said er , We 've er we 've got no money so we ca n't pay you a very good wage , but er we 'll start you off with five pound a week , that 's all we can afford , well I was earning more than that , during the War , nineteen forty two . |
| 6 | We 'll start you off with one of these , okay . |
| 7 | Just get a little present for Kieran and we 'll pop it off to Larry 's . |
| 8 | He , we 'll see to that , we 'll get it off for you . |
| 9 | ‘ Just tell us where it is and we 'll let you off with a mercy-killing . ’ |
| 10 | We 'll let you off with the newsletter . |
| 11 | And then the policeman said : ‘ We 'll let you off on one condition . ’ |
| 12 | The analysis of the model is now complete , although we might round it off with a baptismal ceremony . |
| 13 | Once , my partner and I were not allowed to play on a vacant court , just because my friend had a brown sweatshirt on , and there was a veterans doubles match on the next court — we might put them off by playing on the vacant court ! |
| 14 | We could send them off to a university or something like that so the . |
| 15 | It 's as simple as that cos we could send you off to St Andrews or something like that to er to well I 'm just I 'm homing in on the erm on the golf on the basis that I you you 're er you 're representative for a a company that does is involved with golf equipment . |
| 16 | The following day we could knock it off in few hours before returning to base . |
| 17 | That 's what , I mean we used to turn ours off of about nine , half nine and like you say it just used to tick |
| 18 | But the time will soon come when I trust we shall put them off in putting off our corruptible bodies , when debasement and sin will fall from us with this cumbrous frame of flesh and only the spark of the spirit will remain . |
| 19 | Robertson — fresh ink , and we will round it off in style . |
| 20 | If it 's not , we can finish it off without too many questions being asked . |
| 21 | We can put it off for a while , we can say I 'll leave it till I 'm older , I 'll leave it till some other time , I do n't want to make that decision now . |
| 22 | Unless we can turn it off for a bit . |