Example sentences of "[verb] off [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally . |
| 2 | Any mulm and detritus can be syphoned off at the same time . |
| 3 | Aid workers say Central Bosnia , cut off for the first time this Winter by the war between Croats and Muslims , is facing a humanitarian catastrophe . |
| 4 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 5 | Similar doubts were expressed about the study of the environment , which took off about the same time , but this seems to have gained a much firmer academic foothold , despite the fact that such courses range from the physical to the social with , as one CRAC Degree Course Guide put it , almost nothing in common between these two extremes . |
| 6 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
| 7 | Bit of a coincidence there , it went off at the same time as this ha as the tape stopped |
| 8 | In a million bathrooms , pores breathed sighs of relief as the trowelled-on layers of moisturiser , foundation , blusher , shaper , powder , eye liner , eye shadow , mascara , lashes , and lipstick were scraped off for the first time in decades . |
| 9 | Another man who ran off at the same time , Stephen O'Mara , was yesterday still on the run . |
| 10 | Second-row Jackson was sent off for the first time in his career along with South Wales Police hooker Colin Hillman after the two were caught wrestling off the ball . |
| 11 | In a game against Aberdeen , he was sent off for the 13th time in his career for fouling John McMaster , and the Pittodrie player was taken to hospital with neck injuries . |
| 12 | GARETH CHILCOTT , the England prop who was sent off for the fourth time in his playing career with Bath when the champions suffered a League reversal at Gloucester last month , is still awaiting news of his punishment from the Somerset disciplinary committee . |
| 13 | Jones , who was sent off for the sixth time in a five-year career against Blackburn on his Wimbledon return two weeks ago , hosts a controversial video that makes heroes of men of great skill who play to hurt and unveils a code that includes : |