Example sentences of "[verb] off in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We needed a compass bearing to ensure we headed off in the right direction , a reminder that even a ‘ valley ’ walk can land the unwary in difficulties . |
| 2 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy . |
| 4 | Then , to mark the end of the service , three enormous thunder-flashes were let off in the rear gatehouse . |
| 5 | They had organized a decoy system whereby Carolyn drove Diana 's car to entice her press pursuers away and then Diana would emerge from Coleherne Court and walk off in the other direction . |
| 6 | But when Neill rows to investigate , he is astonished to see his yacht , complete with his wife and dog , sail off in the opposite direction with the unhinged Zane at the wheel . |
| 7 | From the top of the bank Yanto noticed Billy and Janet wandering off in the opposite direction . |
| 8 | Like slipping away from a sleeping embrace , silently shutting the door behind one , tiptoeing off in the grey light of dawn — a stranger again . |
| 9 | A decade ago its dowdy department stores had more or less been written off in the frantic race to carve up the high street . |
| 10 | With a winning smile at a rather bemused young man , she dragged him up to dance , and every time she saw Feargal she made off in the opposite direction . |
| 11 | If anybody asked , she could say she 'd come back for her shoe that had fallen off in the stumbling mess of wrecked furniture . |
| 12 | Middlesbrough full back Gary Parkinson limped off in the final minute with an ankle injury . |
| 13 | Well , I daresay you 'd know I would n't nod off in the normal way . |
| 14 | Another political time bomb , waiting to go off in the New Year , is a Select Committee inquiry into Britain 's overall energy needs . |
| 15 | The double sweep 1 : both fighters square off in the right stance . |
| 16 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 17 | unc Now finish off in the usual way . |
| 18 | The tramp tossed the empty cup away and shuffled off in the other direction . |
| 19 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 20 | Julie fell dead beneath a tree , its lower branches hacked off in the frenzied attack . |
| 21 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 22 | This might explain why the universe started off in the big bang in almost perfect thermal equilibrium , because thermal equilibrium would correspond to the largest number of microscopic configurations and hence the greatest probability . |
| 23 | Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so . |
| 24 | Therefore , if a moth hears a bat approaching about 100 feet away , its best policy is to fly off in the other direction . |
| 25 | When a strong concentration of sodium chloride is placed near to paramecium they turn and go off in the opposite direction . |
| 26 | She did not understand what could have made the boy run off in the opposite direction . |
| 27 | Another former Conservative Cabinet minister , David Howell , chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , praised the Budget as a ‘ balanced and prudent ’ statement which would pay off in the long term . |
| 28 | The party leadership 's case — that the Scottish Secretary would be forced to select councillors to sit on the Committee of the Regions from a list supplied by the four parties , and this was a key concession which would pay off in the long term — was acknowledged by committee members . |
| 29 | But a car bomb is reported to have gone off in the Palestinian quarter of the city and a police station has been blown up ( the interior ministry says by an accidental explosion ) . |
| 30 | Then I told him that my friends had gone off in the wrong direction and that I was willing to pay the owner of the moped for taking a message to them . |