Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I push off into the bright sunshine , and across the playground . |
| 2 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 3 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 4 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 5 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning . |
| 8 | There are rumours that most of the sides which face off in the first weekend of post-season action could be absorbed into a new , more important third tier of the Heineken League structure . |
| 9 | Now is the time to make a clean sweep of all the jobs you put off during the bad weather . |
| 10 | What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill . |
| 11 | before you rush off to the local retailer , cash in hand , take a little time to consider the type of runner you are and what you really need . |
| 12 | Unless you start off with the right board , though , you 're going to make learning a lot of unnecessarily hard work . |
| 13 | And that means you start off with the atomic bits that make up the lightest gases — the sort you get in stars . |
| 14 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
| 15 | You start off in the dank dungeons and your aim is to work your way to the top . |
| 16 | However , Beinn Alligin provides no such logistical problems and it 's a fabulous start to the walk up the Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil through a forest , again passing close to some splendid waterfalls , before you veer off to the left and head towards the dauntingly steep corrie that is the most direct route to the summit . |
| 17 | ‘ You take off to the other side of the world to get a clearer perspective on what 's happening here , right ? |
| 18 | If you do , make a third column and ask the LH to say the first and second words in the " different " column , then the first and third , etc. , as you tick off in the third column the ones that are now different from the new no. 1 . |
| 19 | We kick off with the British Killifish Association . |
| 20 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 21 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 22 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 23 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 24 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 25 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 26 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 27 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |
| 28 | So we start off with the first one that you have , this C W , that stands for company worker . |
| 29 | We start off with the front cover sheet . |
| 30 | We start off with the same two words every time . |