Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] off [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I head off along the road and make for Deptford High Street , swinging my bag of clothes like I was going on holiday . |
| 2 | I cut off from the lane up towards Great Coum and the Megger Stones . |
| 3 | Then I run off in a storm to see an astrologer . |
| 4 | I kick off with an idea for a shady border under a deciduous tree . |
| 5 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
| 6 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 7 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 8 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
| 9 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 10 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 11 | As a birthday celebration some time ago , I set off with a companion to conquer the two more accessible ones , Sgurr Thuilm and Sgurr nan Coireachan . |
| 12 | Once I had unpacked , I set off down the lane to have a look at the Round Tower before dark . |
| 13 | Bright and early next morning , I set off down the lane to work , my drawing pad and pens in my jauntily swinging plastic bag . |
| 14 | I set off as a television test pilot and have ended up with my best-ever chance of winning the race . |
| 15 | On one day during the test , I set off in a whiteout and finished , 12 hours later , in a torrential downpour . |
| 16 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 17 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 18 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 19 | A long ridge-walk requires an early start , and a companion and I set off from the hotel at 8.30 , toast crumbs still trembling on our lips , to attain the ridge by the first peak , Creag a' Mhaim . |
| 20 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
| 21 | As I drift off into the aisle , I see Lil gliding back towards our stand , escorting a pair of avenging angels . |
| 22 | Well , summer is well and truly with us — though as I write I ca n't decide whether to pack my industrial strength waterproofs or my total block sun cream when I go off to the Peak District this weekend . |
| 23 | I do n't — I just say thank you and goodbye , then I go off up the road . |
| 24 | And then with shoulders bunched and my eyes on the messed pavement I shuffle off down the drinker , and sit with tankard and tabloid in the comer by the fire . |
| 25 | Then I slide off in the direction of New Cross Station . |
| 26 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |
| 27 | It reproduces by releasing single-celled spores which drift off in the sea and grow into new plants . |
| 28 | Sedum spectabile " Autumn Joy " has boldly fleshy shoots with butterfly — attracting pink flowers in late summer which dry off on the plant to orange/brown heads useful for winter decorations . |
| 29 | I watched you make off along the cliff path , as if you were making for Otters ' Bay . |
| 30 | Continue westwards to the village of Liverton following the B1366 south for ¼ mile when you branch off on a track on the right then go left to pass Lane Head Farm and Stubdale Farm . |