Example sentences of "off and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes they give you the feeling that they have done you a great favour by attending rehearsals and at the end of the rehearsal period it 's ‘ Bye-bye loves , now you do your thing and I 'll go off and do another ’ . |
| 2 | He knows I never argue , so he left off and praised the food . |
| 3 | Shook newspaper off and the wind sent it whirling into the railings of the park . |
| 4 | He walked off and I gazed blankly at the cricket match . |
| 5 | I shook her off and staggered out of the office , down the stairs and into the lobby . |
| 6 | The affair lasted about three weeks then he broke it off and confessed to Sarah that he had been seeing someone else . |
| 7 | A place for all kinds of wildlife to stop off and drink , it will attract them like a magnet . |
| 8 | A top dressing of grit , though not essential , will show them off and avoid soil splashes on their delicate petals . |
| 9 | Just pinch them off and plant in seed compost , which should be kept barely moist in a bright , warm place . |
| 10 | Failure to make a good hold off and landing because of eagerness to get down |
| 11 | Always be alert for a bad swing or a wing-tip touching the ground on take off and have your hand near the release , ready . |
| 12 | If Thompson is correct , then such presentations are as simplistic as many of the police images which imply that society is consistently under attack from rampaging and ubiquitous criminal enemies , and which ( it follows ) only they can fight off and defeat . |
| 13 | … bloody man is in the fast-lane ; comes off at junction 7 for a year or so here , and then he 'll be off and away at junction 8 , on to his chief 's job somewhere else … and look at him ! |
| 14 | I also want to rip your clothes off and appreciate you like you 've never known . |
| 15 | I 'll just fuck off and forget it . |
| 16 | ‘ Take your clothes off and get into bed , ’ said Jay , a wave of calm sweeping over her . |
| 17 | Take your clothes off and let's see . ’ |
| 18 | Jay stripped her clothes off and plunged into the sea , still smiling ! |
| 19 | This closes the opponent off and presents you with a good opportunity to continue the block into the opponent 's face . |
| 20 | Take it off and reapply it . |
| 21 | Well — he would not , and the laird turned him out for it — he turned him out and sent him off and we have had no land since and he put nobody else into Upper Farrochil — he only wanted it for himself . |
| 22 | Docilely Harriet pads off and comes back and they gurgle out what she knows is the sweated labour of Singapore . |
| 23 | Oscar took his jacket off and I offered to carry it for him . |
| 24 | The pressure is then eased off and gradually reapplied to a maximum again . |
| 25 | Of the scandalous way in which the railway hotels were sold off and nine-tenths have deteriorated rapidly since . |
| 26 | The great head of yeast created during fermentation is cropped off and after a week the remaining yeast is overcome by the alcohol it has produced and sinks to the bottom of the fermenter . |
| 27 | The precaution paid off and we had no problems with the altitude , enjoying seven excellent days of walking and climbing . |
| 28 | There are sensible discussions of things like bolts , falling off and full-body harnesses , interesting snippets such as wire-brushing the soles of your rock-boots occasionally or using superglue to protect your fingersss and , of course , lots of detail on gear : nine pages on pulleys , six on chalk bags , six on copperheads , four on gear slings etc , etc . |
| 29 | It does this extremely efficiently , but if you want to use the tool for conventional drilling and screwdriving , the hammer action must be switched off and you need an SDS adaptor ( Part No A13123 ) which will screw into a ½in chuck with a ½in female thread fitting ( part No . |
| 30 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |