Example sentences of "[pers pn] off [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet the , to say that the wind does n't exist because you ca n't see it would be erm would be pretty dangerous if you were standing on a cliff and saying there 's no wind around here , and there 's a howling gale blowing you off and into the water . |
| 2 | Rose tried to throw her off and for a moment they became an indistinguishable tangle of clawing arms and jerking feet . |
| 3 | Therefore I compromise and send her to Calcutta with her grandmother and suffer pangs of guilt both for packing her off and for conforming to my elitist background . |
| 4 | BELVILLE : I would have it tomorrow , being Monday , for on a Monday seven weeks ago , I planned to carry her off and on a Monday I wrote the letter which prevailed on her so kindly to return to me . |
| 5 | I , I mean Dave , I 've spent quite a lot of my time slagging him off but to his face I 'm really nice . |
| 6 | Sometimes I can laugh it off but inside it gets me down . |
| 7 | Very gently the two women drew the light quilt away , sliding it from under the arm of the sleeper , drawing it down at both sides , peeling it off and over the end of the bed . |
| 8 | Delaney recovered first , unthinking , uncaring of danger , screaming out , and grabbing the slippery , obscene filth , ripping it off and in one movement throwing it hard against the wall . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you trying to turn it off or on ? ’ |