Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] off [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |
| 2 | These remarkable flies with wasp-like markings hang motionless in the air — hence the name of hover fly — and suddenly shoot off to a different position ; their flight is a series of sudden darting movements . |
| 3 | I sometimes head off to a certain place . |
| 4 | Using a wash-down hose , rinse out the oven and then finish off to a fine sparkle with a quick wipe around . |
| 5 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |
| 6 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 7 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 8 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 9 | Eventually it was just a dark dot way up in the shy , almost unrecognisable except for the distinctive flight pattern : it would glide round in a circle , then soar off in a straight line , helped along by the wind , and finally resume its circular flight again . |
| 10 | Tiny hummingbirds fly down from New England into Louisiana and then take off on a non-stop sea-crossing of five hundred miles across the Bay of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula and the warm jungles of Central and South America . |