Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] off at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bombs went off at lunch-time near a busy Boots chemist and a McDonalds hamburger restaurant packed with children and teenagers . |
| 2 | The car drove off at speed , the tyres screeching , and disappeared into the endless bricks of suburbia . |
| 3 | In the hope that deteriorating wartime conditions in Vietnam would spark insurrection , a liberation army of sorts was being formed on the border ; but when the attack went off at half-cock ( leaders executed or arrested and followers dispersed ) another threat to the French position was removed and it must have become clear that the only credible threat to French power lay in France itself , at least until the forces of nationalism were able to attract some effective outside sponsorship or else embed themselves in the people to the point where they became an organized national resistance . |
| 4 | Fact is , I 'm a bit pissed off at home . ’ |
| 5 | Neighbours had earlier heard arguing , and seen a man drive off at speed in a white van . |
| 6 | It wants a more detailed report , but Llewellyn , though free now to continue playing , will eventually be subject to the same disciplinary measures as a player sent off at home . |