Example sentences of "[verb] off [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , Ill be signing off now in a CRAPPY SHEFF UTD sort of way . |
| 2 | evidence , er I would however like to point out this is n't included into the report , but much of these have these days that incidence of complaints received er by organization such as ours from the general public and I 'm happy to report this indeed can be verified factually that the incidence of complaint against the highway service has dropped off enormously in the last two or three years , certainly within the last two years when we concentrated so much of our time and effort and improved in the quality and immediacy of the service of practice , er the level of complaints these days , and these are general complaints , not |
| 3 | Offiah , back in action against Widnes last Friday after missing two matches with hamstring trouble , was carried off early in the second half after pulling up in agony . |
| 4 | As Edward looked around he saw everything determinedly perpetuating itself — buds forming , leaves unfurling , seeds setting , the whole place off again on the same mindless uncaring cycle , while Edward stood there in the midst of it , quite alone . |
| 5 | Heart attack victim Jeff , 72 , planned his send off down to the last detail . |
| 6 | They all moved off together down the tawny dust of the road , close beside the shingle banks and black deeps of the river . |
| 7 | The picture on the last page shows the father walking off alone along the darkening street , leaving the brightly lit house behind him . |
| 8 | A boy who used to wander off alone into the tall trees which threatened the village and , as though in insolent reminder of their dominance , sent long poking fingers of animated shrub foraging between the dumpy houses , the stone chapel and the corrugated band hot . |
| 9 | The few that did live near the quarry tended to wander off hurriedly in the opposite direction whenever they saw a nome . |
| 10 | If you would like to know more about the people and processes that keep water running for you 24 hours a day , why not send off now for the comprehensive free brochure below . |
| 11 | The questions rose to a clamour , but no-one stood in the way as Sergeant Bird smoothly drove off again with a regretful shake of his head . |
| 12 | The cycle chain came off twice on the three miles back to the van , but I could n't be cross . |
| 13 | Seaman badly bruised a hip and came off early in the second half last weekend but has received extensive treatment . |
| 14 | So why was it Ms Aloni and not Mr Deri who came off worse in the latest scuffle ? |
| 15 | We cut off down through a sloping jumble of gritstone boulders , rabbits everywhere starting for cover , all thankfully too fast for Bill or Eddy . |
| 16 | ‘ If the pelargoniums were overwintered in their old containers then it is best to remove them , shake off much of the old potting compost from the roots and repot in fresh compost — moderately heavy , with good drainage but not more than one-quarter peat or other organic matter . |
| 17 | It all looked so carefree , so enticingly Mediterranean and relaxed , that Caroline suddenly longed to be able to forget her business , abandon all her years of hard work , hop on board one of those yachts and sail off indefinitely towards the hazy blue horizon … |
| 18 | The conclusion was that " the School has fallen off lamentably in the higher branches of education " . |
| 19 | Direct overseas investment has fallen off sharply since the 1989/90 peak . |
| 20 | While TNC investment in the developing countries levelled off somewhat in the 1980s ( UNCTC , 1988 ) , the growth of export-oriented employment , mainly due to increased TNC activity in export processing ( often referred to as ‘ production sharing ’ in the business press ) continued to be rapid . |
| 21 | Caresses can keep you warm — even hot — but heating goes off everywhere in the small hours . |
| 22 | The celebrations passed off peacefully amid an unprecedented level of security , although the Queen 's speech was disrupted by Maori hecklers , and a wet T-shirt was thrown at her by a woman who was later charged with disorderly conduct . |
| 23 | The 16th anniversary of Land Day ( March 30 ) , however , passed off peacefully in the occupied territories . |
| 24 | Huy understood why he had been dropped here , from where a large number of roads led off back to the various parts of the city , but guessed that they had underestimated his knowledge of the twisting muddle of streets that formed the harbour quarter . |
| 25 | Before we can begin to lay the new thatch the old roof has to be stripped off back to a firm base . |
| 26 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that we returned with an impression of economic chaos — and the impression that , although aid from this country and others is welcomed , it is feared that too much is being siphoned off on to the black market ? |
| 27 | Feeling rather uncomfortably damp and dirty , she set off again , turning off presently into a deep wood , through which a footpath led to the deer-park and then on to Granny Fordham 's cottage . |
| 28 | Thus the church and its site were purchased for £20,000 in 1979 by Waverly District Council , while the adjacent church hall was sold off separately by the local diocese for conversion into two small private dwellings . |
| 29 | He was due to go in June but brought forward the date to join Adidas , which was finally sold off yesterday by the controversial French tycoon Bernard Tapie to a group of international investors for $371 million . |
| 30 | He drove along the road for two or three miles , then turned off on to a stone-walled lane which led up a forested hillside . |