1. He borrowed a pound off me.

2. A week's work sweated 6 pounds off him.

3. I'm prepared to knock five hundred pounds off but no more.

4. The shopkeeper agreed to knock 5 pounds off the price.

4. Wish you will love and make progress everyday!

5. I scrounged a pound off her tonight.

6. And that has to be good news for backpackers keen to shave pounds off the weight in their rucksacks.

7. Can I borrow five pounds off you till next week?

8. VanDerveer even whittled about 20 pounds off herself to get into fighting shape.

9. Can I pound off the wall?

10. Stronger data helped lift the pound off its mid-March lows to an April 15 high of $1.5524 until the Lib Dem surge took its toll.

11. Apparently, it's easier to drop 10 G's than drop a pound off themselves.

12. Reducing intake by just one serving a day took a pound off after six months, enough to add up for people with a soda or fruit-drink habit.