Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I had left him for Bath , he had said , sadly , seeing me off at Salamanca station : ‘ I should have come with you when your father died . |
| 2 | Cheering them off on their 230 miles ' journey was TV 's ‘ Mr Blobby ’ and Mr John Lambeth , secretary and chief executive of LVFS . |
| 3 | Cheering them off on their 230 miles ' journey was TV 's ‘ Mr Blobby ’ and Mr John Lambeth , secretary and chief executive of LVFS . |
| 4 | She she you know she was slagging me off like anything right . |
| 5 | Yeah , she 's always been alright with me , you know , so I ca n't say about anybody else , I mean she 's already , she 's always been really nice to me , but like them people she goes around , well she used to go around with Lisa and Vicky and all that lot and when she used to go around with them she used to be bitching them off behind their back and going oh you 're my best friend , to their faces . |
| 6 | Betty had met me at Bellanoch , whisking me off to a venison dinner at her friend 's at Ford . |
| 7 | When a liquid freezes , the molecular character of its surface is not too greatly changed and the energy of the surface remains much the same although the surface tension is no longer able to change the shape of small particles by rounding them off into drops . |
| 8 | When war breaks out , he becomes separated from his relatives , but manages to survive the war by passing himself off as a German soldier of Aryan origin . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's admitted passing himself off as the Prince 's chef , and when his dastardly plan to assassinate His Royal Highness by poison did n't work , he kidnapped him . |
| 10 | Of course , the only way out of his troubles would be to confess to someone that he was passing himself off as a Muslim for the purposes of financial gain . |
| 11 | Character statistics play very little part in the proceedings , which is unforgivable for a product passing itself off as a roleplaying game . |
| 12 | Those who know no better probably reckon they can put one over Mary , passing her off as a cups-of-tea , rustic East Country accent , down-home , fund-raising type . |
| 13 | To fool Yugoslav authorities , Mike added Natasha 's name to his passport , passing her off as his daughter . |
| 14 | Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran . |
| 15 | Then , making their apologies to the professor and his wife , he was whisking her off towards the dance-floor . |
| 16 | What she did n't bargain on was you whisking her off to the country and locking all the doors . |
| 17 | Says GAMTA : ‘ Once again the CAA is side-stepping this issue and passing it off to JAA … |
| 18 | Rounding it off with a cocktail , we finish our meal and sit there doggedly describing it to the waiter , with the menus there to jog our memory . |
| 19 | Scientists who have worked on the high plateau forgivably take a cavalier view of coastal and maritime Antarctica , writing it off as ‘ that banana belt up north ’ . |
| 20 | Nature had simply seen fit to bestow on her a tall , long-legged and generously curvaceous frame , topping it off with a face that could easily grace any magazine cover , with its high cheekbones , slanting tawny-coloured eyes and full provocative mouth . |
| 21 | In the film Hospital George C. Scott plays the administrator attempting to impose some order on the chaos of misadventure , accidents , and disasters passing themselves off as medical care . |
| 22 | They 're picking us off like flies they ca n't be that bloody useless can they ? |
| 23 | And you were saying , oh yeah , we found these porno magazines and we 're selling them off to perverts . |
| 24 | They never were , and war in 1879 cut their value , many holders selling them off for a pittance . |
| 25 | all selling them off like their payin paying you to take it away . |
| 26 | " But I mind , I mind very much ! " he snapped , and walked with quick , short steps back to Fernando , taking his arm and leading him off into the crowd . |
| 27 | If he became excitable , I advised they gently apply the brake on the lead and calm Moby down with quiet words and perhaps a short ‘ sit ’ , before leading him off toward the dog or person again , allowing Moby to become used to their presence . |
| 28 | A classic case is the pressure brought to bear by the World Bank in agriculture in the 1970s in support of island projects , the efficiency of which would be ensured by hiving them off from executing ministries , and appointing expatriate ( mainly European ) managers to run them . |
| 29 | Look for any spots of etch-resist which are unwanted : these can be removed by wiping them off with a cotton bud dipped in acetone ( nail varnish remover ) . |
| 30 | These can be removed simply by wiping them off with a damp cloth . |