Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [verb] off in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The building was extensively damaged when a 200 lb car bomb went off in the car park . |
| 4 | The first solo , tabbed last month , was in the key of E. This second solo takes off in the key of F , although the two-note pickup is played over the last beat of the final bar of E. |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Professor Breen has suggested that the American consumer market took off in the 1740s . |
| 7 | Before the property boom took off in the 1970s there were still cheap flats around in London . |
| 8 | Euro Disney 's pre-launch advertising campaign kicks off in the UK next week , three months before the resort is due to open its gates on April 12 . |