Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lara had played just where he left off in the World Cup , where he was comfortably the leading West Indian run-scorer with 333 at 47 . |
| 2 | He walked , his pace swift , down the twisting path , then hesitated where it veered off to the staff-cabins . |
| 3 | The back row simply carried on where it left off against the Welsh with the indestructible McBride , Robinson and O'Hara repeatedly first to the breakdown . |
| 4 | Which is a bloody good thing , really that I started off with the tape , hands |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I waited for twenty minutes , and the numbers advanced only to three hundred and ninety-three , so I wandered off to the station newsagent 's to look at girlie magazines . |
| 7 | ‘ Good ’ work has to be seen as More than crime-fighting : ‘ Like , this is the sort of job that you come off at the end of the night and say to yourself ‘ What did I do ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ See you tomorrow , ’ she called to Sally but could n't think of anything to say to the man , so she ran off after the others . |
| 9 | ‘ So you ran off to the sea ? ’ |
| 10 | Two cyclists seemed fair game to these pissed idiots so we took off for the hills , only a small range but , we were to discover , quite beautiful . |
| 11 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 12 | Apparently , in the movements before a 360 ° loop the board is headed into the wind so that it takes off from the wave at an oblique angle . |
| 13 | But she maintained that he went off to the Supersight factory with Brian Harley for several days . |
| 14 | He left by the gatehouse , openly , and took the road along the Foregate , in case anyone happened to notice and check that he set off in the appropriate direction . |
| 15 | But some doubted and one , Rol , who was a great war leader , mistrusted the feelings which prompted the Myrcans to wage war and was sickened by the killing , so he set off into the mountains to seek the Dwarves and avail himself of their ancient wisdom . |
| 16 | Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river . |
| 17 | He retired to his basket in a huff and I went off to the supermarket in a quandary . |
| 18 | I pushed hard and I picked up some places , but then in the bad conditions Lehto caught me and I went off into the wet and that was it . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Mark and I agreed to have a game together soon and I moved off down the course , and mused on the ways in which the pro golfers cope in their different ways with the unusual demands of the pro-am . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I continued for fifty minutes , alienating the audience more with every gag , until I walked off to the sound of my own footsteps . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | And she stalked off to the foyer . |
| 27 | And so they merely shook hands , and she walked off down the garden path to her door . |
| 28 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 29 | She caused a great army to be collected , and she set off at the head of the army to punish Oleg Ban . |
| 30 | ‘ No , you did n't scream until you looked off into the wings . ’ |