1. We can soon polish off that job.

2. After that we polish off the last of the half-gallon of whiskey.

3. It looked as if the caracara would polish off the duck; but our boat drifting nearer made it nervous.

4. Do you think you can polish off these sheets of typing before four o'clock?

5. I can polish off the rest of the typing in no time.

6. Having disposed of the main opposition, he could polish off the remainder at his leisure.

7. Night after night, she sat at her desk, hoping to polish off some quick, noncommittal little speech.

8. He celebrated the occasion, appropriately enough in Bristol, by helping to polish off Gloucestershire's first innings yesterday morning.

9. If you would please help me we could soon polish off this work.