Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] off at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Twice I came off at that spot .
2 ‘ It was hard at first getting into the routine of doing a set programme , especially the 6am run , which started off at 30 minutes and is now at 50 .
3 The branch had previously disclosed that a BA fitter had used the wrong bolts to secure the windscreen panel , which fell off at 17,000 feet , 20 minutes after take-off .
4 This road forms the focus for an irregular network of side-streets and lanes which lead off at diverse angles and provide access to land and buildings behind the frontages .
5 Anyway , she drove off at high speed , ignoring all senso unicos , and finally crashed into a bollard by the ospedale .
6 Daddy , how long do you get off at half term ?
7 How long do you get off at half term ?
8 Mummy , how long do you get off at half term ?
9 Nor do they branch off at acute angles or form perfect oblongs .
10 The pilot agreed and together they took off at 1047 hrs .
11 They took off at three Gs and cars behind had to stand on their noses to make way as the big Ford burned rubber off towards the next junction south and a break in the central barrier .
12 But it is so vindictively cold in this ill-lit room , and my alabaster hand aches so much from the thousands of words I have put down on this unhappy day , and my head still throbs , and my stomach is so empty , and my grief is so heavy , that I think it would be wise of me to break off at this point , this hinge , blow out the once again guttering candle and for the third time today go down the stone stairs to streets where it is always February .
13 It starts off at zero voltage at
14 It starts off at some value here and it goes down until eventually when it 's done a certain number of miles the car 's worth nothing .
15 It came off at one stage .
16 so it just shows you , it started off at one pound twenty on the meter that was
17 He appeared to be asleep but when he saw officers he took off at high speed .
18 Where before he went off at obtuse tangents , now he takes the songs where he wants them to go rather than let them control him .
19 Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases .
20 Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases .
21 They were first developed on seaplanes to encourage them to take off at lower speeds and are now a common feature on speedboats .
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