Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] off at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's the point of sending Officer Hassan flying off at half cock and upsetting a lot of people if it 's all to no purpose ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | That night , it was like firecrackers going off at New Year 's ; the next morning the blood flowed like rivers . |
| 5 | On the new album , Bring it on Home to Me stands out : mean Tyneside vocals and Irish pipes gloriously underpin the moody soul structures of Sam Cooke 's classic , the pipes taking off at one point as if on a Claptonesque guitar solo . |
| 6 | 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 ! |