Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] off [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not if you 're going to back off like the last one did . ’ |
| 2 | Cricket was just beginning to take off in the mid-19th century . |
| 3 | He had badly wanted to sign off with a first victory in Adelaide and a record 10th in a single season . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So we only we only need to start off with a third of that . |
| 6 | Instead , people learn to back off at the first sign that somebody might disapprove . |