Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] off [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That does not suit every executive , particularly as the growth in profits has levelled off in the second half of this year . |
| 2 | ‘ Not if you 're going to back off like the last one did . ’ |
| 3 | Cricket was just beginning to take off in the mid-19th century . |
| 4 | I was so needy at the time that I think I would have gone off with the first person who told me I was attractive and showed my affection . |
| 5 | On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place . |
| 6 | He had dozed off in the first act , but always does after luncheon wherever he is , he explained . |
| 7 | The pathology lab 288 had kicked off with the first of the parties , and everything had gone pretty well although nobody had wanted to touch the sandwiches . |
| 8 | Instead , people learn to back off at the first sign that somebody might disapprove . |