Example sentences of "he [verb] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I scowled at her and promised Dad that if the Germans had n't been sent packing by Christmas — I would leave the market and join up myself to help him finish off the job . |
| 2 | The God who had made him get off the trike and stand still at the side of the grassily banked hill . |
| 3 | He fended off the awkward questions diplomatically . |
| 4 | But until first light , how would he fend off the terrors of the darkness ? |
| 5 | A few minutes later , he paid off the taxi and caught a bus to Shepherd 's Bush . |
| 6 | So he shook off the ghosts and walked on , his footsteps muffled by the fog , shivering from a chill that was n't just in the air , until the nearest mouth engulfed him . |
| 7 | He shook off the mood with a shrug and grinned back at them . |
| 8 | Caruth , out of the rink since last August , was slow to warm up but once he shook off the cobwebs he looked the winner all the way . |
| 9 | Warner was in action again four minutes later ; Terry Stevenson 's big drop kick was picked up by Kevin Thaws , he shook off the attentions of Mark Walton , but Warner spread himself superbly at his feet to block on the edge of the box . |
| 10 | He finished off the coffee and stood up . |
| 11 | He switched off the torch . |
| 12 | Slipping the note and the feather into his pocket , he switched off the light and opened the door . |
| 13 | Resting his back against the tree , he switched off the flashlight and waited for his irises to expand before starting down the meadow . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're nicely tucked away here in case someone comes looking for us , ’ he remarked as he switched off the engine . |
| 15 | He switched off the light , and began to walk away . |
| 16 | He switched off the engine , then turned in the driving seat to face Vologsky . |
| 17 | With a very deliberate gesture , he switched off the recording system which taped all normal office conversations . |
| 18 | He switched off the engine . |
| 19 | He switched off the engine then reached into his pocket for his cigarettes and lit the third one since leaving the Windorah . |
| 20 | He switched off the intercom before she could reply and hurried back to where Philpott lay . |
| 21 | He switched off the radio and glanced at his watch . |
| 22 | Hugh drove neatly into the straw-covered shelter as though he were coming to rest in a multi-storey car park ; then he switched off the engine and opened his door . |
| 23 | He switched off the gas with a bad-tempered flourish , though his heart was n't in it . |
| 24 | After she had gone he switched off the gramophone , drained his drink in a single gulp , then stooped to pick up the offending telegraph message . |
| 25 | He switched off the flashlight as he came back around the dirt path . |
| 26 | He switched off the lights and opened the curtains ; the night was still as black as a stone . |
| 27 | He switched off the little girl on Terry Wogan and went to look for the Sturgeon . |
| 28 | He switched off the garage light . |
| 29 | He switched off the light and fell into an uneasy sleep troubled by dreams in which Gwen Evans , Sheila Lennox and Jenny Connon blended and merged into one . |
| 30 | He switched off the engine , cut the lights and lit a cigarette . |