Example sentences of "it off " in BNC.

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1 Well , it was n't about anything , except did she have it off or did n't she ?
2 Most people think not having it off is fidelity .
3 A main real difference in the experience which marked it off from fundamentalist and some pentecostal forms of conversion experience was that the outcome was not the assurance of being saved , but rather a spirituality of trust in Christ based on repentance and the conviction that God forgives repentant sinners .
4 Hers was on the floor by the bedside table — she 'd probably knocked it off when she had a glass of water , or when she took the veronal . ’
5 The affair lasted about three weeks then he broke it off and confessed to Sarah that he had been seeing someone else .
6 But after slaving over something for ten years , it is rather nice to show it off a bit .
7 Added to this , it is regarded as a special treat by snails and slugs who will soon polish it off given the opportunity .
8 It 's easy to see the fat on a lamb chop — and easy to cut it off .
9 Look , laugh it off , forget it , sorry . ’
10 Or broken it off . ’
11 ‘ Has she intimated she wants to break it off ? ’ said Francis .
12 Take it off and reapply it .
13 Robertson — fresh ink , and we will round it off in style .
14 They wanted to pass it off through words — none would come .
15 She pushed it off , rose and went to look out of the window to see what the weather was like .
16 And if it ends up in the scrap bin , we simply write it off to experience , and start again .
17 ( You ca n't work from the feathery point you 've just planed , so chop it off .
18 If your dog has a party piece do n't be afraid to show it off .
19 So having laid the weight of mystic , creative suffering on Sonya , the novel proceeds to hive it off into its own Epilogue where all strains and difficulties are waved away .
20 Government troops are digging deep defences at Asmara and there is no doubt that , should the peace talks fail , the EPLF will resume fighting and attack it , or try to cut it off .
21 It 's going to ruin the village and cut it off completely . ’
22 Parissien acknowledges another benefit : ‘ the bottom line , for those who want to see it that way , is that the course is also a guide to how to put money onto a house , rather than take it off . ’
23 In Dresden police removed about 3,000 people from the station and sealed it off .
24 ‘ It goes against all common sense to take the most fundamental element of ecosystem , with the land and habitats it supports , and sell it off for profit , as the Tories are trying to do , ’ he said .
25 The Philharmonia carried it off well .
26 The craft 's owner-skipper , John Glennie , a lifelong seafarer who survived a previous shipwreck , shrugs it off .
27 The GDR 's choice is between dealing with chaos quickly and overcoming it or putting it off .
28 LIVERPOOL Chris Lynham His party piece is placing a banger between his cheeks and setting it off .
29 Only poor Webb , still in plaster but determined to be back in the side in time for Italy , can feel discouraged by the way he brought it off .
30 But I was seduced by the thought that I could pull it off .
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