Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] off in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However it was , the one he had aimed at did not get out of the way in time and a last-minute attempt to slink off in the wind failed . |
| 2 | Meetings could be banned and the townships sealed off in the event of new disturbances . |
| 3 | The DUP says that Republican violence paid off in the disarming of the RUC , the disbanding of the B Specials , the banning of Orange , Black and Apprentice Boys ' parades resulting in the imprisonment of Loyalists , the overthrow of Ulster 's parliament , the plan for talks with Dublin to change the status of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom , the abolishing of the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen in the new Assembly and Executive , the making of such oaths illegal for appointment to government boards , the removal of the Governor , the obliteration of ‘ On Her Majesty 's Service ’ from official paid envelopes , the attempt to destroy democracy by power-sharing which was a blow at the secrecy of the ballot box and an insult to British citizenship and standards , the proposal to set up machinery for the transfer of Northern Ireland 's powers to a body or bodies in or with the Irish Republic , and the continued existence of areas in Northern Ireland where the Queen 's writ did not effectually run . |
| 4 | Shoes came off in the water . |
| 5 | I thought it a bit extreme to take the unit off as I 've found a much simpler way of stopping this problem of the springs sounding off in the back . |
| 6 | Sebastian cut off in the glory and promise of his youth , with all the world before him . |
| 7 | Performance has to be exciting enough to make the boat attractive , but it has to be something that lighter and less experienced crews starting off in the class can handle . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr. Gould went off in the morning to the Acteon [ sic ] Islands , which are about a mile distant from each other and at the distance of about 3 or 4 miles from Research Bay . |
| 9 | The anniversary of that incident was ‘ celebrated ’ on May 9 last month when firebombs went off in the shopping mall of The Galleries shopping centre at Bristol , at the opposite end of the country . |
| 10 | WHAT with car-jackings , smash-and-grab raids and bombs going off in the car park at the World Trade Centre , no wonder American motorists are turning to Bill O'Gara . |
| 11 | In the early hours of yesterday morning the Drumkeen Hotel at Upper Galwally , Belfast , was extensively damaged when a 200 lb car bomb went off in the car park . |
| 12 | The building was extensively damaged when a 200 lb car bomb went off in the car park . |
| 13 | Julia shot off in the direction of the tack room . |
| 14 | We climbed a little further and Arthur cooled off in the tarn . |
| 15 | ‘ Mind you , ’ he added , ‘ I 've seen my own stuff flogged off in the market here . |
| 16 | Five minutes after letting the freelined bait drift off in the tide the big shark struck . |
| 17 | At one stage a bleeper went off in the press gallery which woke up one or two slumbering hacks . |
| 18 | And she sang a few bars into the mouthpiece , swaying a little , watching the lights go off in the theatre . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't care for the notion that Paul Gray had his head cut off in the Cathedral . |
| 20 | So that when they sit facing each other on either side of their fire-place , both grins take off in the direction of the mantelpiece , as if drawn by the draught . |
| 21 | After a scuffle , Johnson made off in the taxi with one of the prison officers . |
| 22 | Now that was a year , but , er because you was n't a bound apprentice , when trade fell off in the winter , and it fell off drastically in the winter , and then built up for Easter , when everyone in those days bought new clothes . |
| 23 | ‘ Fernand went off in the tractor soon after lunch , ’ said Sue . |
| 24 | Brynllys has been farmed organically by Rachel 's family since 1942 , but until 1982 all the milk went off in the tanker with everybody else 's , putting the lie to the old chestnut that organic producers must have a premium . |
| 25 | The gang sped off in the Pathfinder after abandoning the overheating pickup , stolen the night before , 30ft from the bodies of the two friends . |
| 26 | If you roll an arrow then the missile veers off in the direction indicated . |
| 27 | If you roll an arrow then the missile veers off in the direction indicated . |
| 28 | Like when a drunken Richard Burton nodded off in the middle of a question ; the time Warren Beatty kept him waiting for an hour-and-a-half … and the day Robert Raging Bull De Niro looked as if he was about to punch him on the nose . |
| 29 | ’ You could hardly expect Portia Forbes to start off in the typing pool . ’ |
| 30 | He let his voice trail off in the hope that Naseby would not enquire further into such a delicate matter . |