Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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1 | God , I was nearly in an accident last night , that reminds me , coming , I 'd just turned off the Wrexham road , er going along the Paisword one |
2 | I 'd already posted off loads of stuff , but there was quite an accumulation from 6 months , including the tent and camping gear which was only used , in the event , at the Easter rally . |
3 | Not that he was in any way merry — I 'd merely triggered off his own insomniac hysteria and his laughter quickly subsided into a sort of drained whimpering . |
4 | I suppose the problem was that I had never been told about it officially — that is , by an adult — and so I had somehow blocked off the information , not connecting it with myself , with my own body . |
5 | I 've already posted off my suggestions : it 's either Charlie Drake , Seth from Emmerdale Farm or Noel Edmonds . |
6 | I 've just come off duty ! |
7 | Well erm I 've just come off holiday and so I wo n't be entitled to none for the first four days . |
8 | When I do a good workout , I feel fine , but then I start to think ‘ I 've just worked off 500 calories — what can I stuff my face with ? ’ |
9 | ‘ I have just stepped off the plane , Nonna . |
10 | But I 've jumped off the second one , I have n't dived off the second one . |
11 | No I have n't gone off him . |
12 | It 's not fair , I have n't come off that ladder yet . |
13 | As yet I have never fallen off a roof , although I have experienced the odd flutter of the heart when a ladder slips . |