Example sentences of "off at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost before you can see what has come up out of the hold the fish is loaded on the barrow and trundled off at breakneck speed , followed by the small boys and the cats . |
| 2 | The chain was faulty , and came off at regular intervals . |
| 3 | How come the V&A 's lift signs are still made of black chipboard with white plastic letters that drop off at regular intervals ? |
| 4 | He could hear vehicles moving along the road , dropping storm-troopers off at regular intervals as they started to search the forest . |
| 5 | Barratt soon made tubbing a semi-mechanical process though the dross still had to be scraped off at regular intervals ( perhaps for further jigging ) , and also the copper ore for further concentration . |
| 6 | Nor do they branch off at acute angles or form perfect oblongs . |
| 7 | '68 — jeans either simply rolled up or cut off at required above-boot height — though some were worn instep length by some . |
| 8 | If it is only 20 francs , Father will perhaps give me another 10 … and then I 'll rush off at tremendous speed . ’ |
| 9 | Recall that at the beginning of this piece I briefly discussed what the representational theory of the mind has got right : that thoughts are not simple responses , reactions or reverberations to environmental stimulation — contrasting this with the case of the thermostat which automatically switches on and off at pre-set temperatures . |
| 10 | Yet again , a piece of the family silver is being sold off at rock-bottom price , at great — |
| 11 | The Government can not be unaware that women are frightened to travel alone at night in isolated places , to wait in bus depots where no staff are present , or to be dropped off at bus-rail links at isolated railway stations where there is no one to guard them against possible danger . |
| 12 | When the weights had started to slip she dismounted to adjust them , and the horse shot off at great speed . |
| 13 | When the same thing is attempted deliberately , however , one turn is usually enough to send the model shooting off at great speed in some totally unexpected direction ! |
| 14 | He was probably the sort of liberal , Dexter thought , who boasted of the number of blacks he knew but whose acquaintance was limited to inviting them round to show off at trendy drinks parties . |
| 15 | The type of off-farm work occasionally dictated the enterprises that the farm could have as time off at critical periods could clash with the off-farm employment . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Flupper showed us the deadly thorn bushes that wrap round their prey like octopuses : and then whooshed us off at savage speeds — sometimes so fast he aquaplaned over the water . |
| 17 | Well it 's , I mean it 's letting them know what 's going off at other prisons . |
| 18 | That night , it was like firecrackers going off at New Year 's ; the next morning the blood flowed like rivers . |
| 19 | Where before he went off at obtuse tangents , now he takes the songs where he wants them to go rather than let them control him . |
| 20 | The birds went off at noisy full-throttle , right through a herd of deer which had been grazing quietly till then . |
| 21 | Now Robson 's jeered off at Sporting Lisbon for losing a UEFA Cup tie . |
| 22 | The cars used to set off at one-minute intervals , originally starting at 9.00 p.m. on a Saturday but that was changed in 1949 to midnight , . |
| 23 | One of the greatest of all sports car road races ever run , the Mille Miglia was first held in 1927 and , by tradition , cars set off at one-minute intervals from the centre of Brescia , raced down to Rome and returned . |
| 24 | Mariana hatched the drop to the river to their right and dragged a furrow through it round the side of the meadow and on up the mountain with a branch cutting off at right angles to run along the top of the quarry . |
| 25 | The second guy did n't even hit half that distance and the third took a couple of swings to send his ball skewing off at right angles . |
| 26 | She set her alarm clock to go off at hourly intervals throughout the night , but even before its first summons she was disturbed . |
| 27 | Though the current talk is about establishing multinational units and of creating a European rapid-deployment force that could be sent off at short notice to cope with unexpected contingencies , Europe 's armies have too many of the wrong sorts of forces , doing the wrong jobs . |
| 28 | Wave after wave of starlings take off at short 2–3 minute intervals , with a great roar of whirring wings . |
| 29 | The actors from the Rites Of Passage company will stop off at Methodist Central Hall for a flashback to the Last Supper . |
| 30 | But the moment Vincente 's back was turned the ball tended to squirt off at eccentric angles — or , worse , refuse to move at all . |