Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] off [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Friday George Tinsley and John Warnock , of The North Yorkshire Brewing Company , are jetting off to a trade fair in Tokyo to promote the pride and joy of Teesside 's real ale enthusiasts . |
| 2 | NURSES from South Tees are jetting off to the U.S. this month to find out about baby care , American style . |
| 3 | ‘ So we 're bunking off for a day or two . |
| 4 | Aye but they 're they 're starting off on the South that 's what you 've got to think . |
| 5 | Or suppose you 're setting off on a driving tour of Spain and you do n't speak the language . |
| 6 | He and his wife Alexandra are heading off to the sun and fun of Mauritius where he will head up English television and radio news for the local broadcasting corporation . |
| 7 | Oh no , look buns are going off on the floor everywhere ! |
| 8 | So in the presence of a sustained stimulus , here , which is lasting around two milliseconds , the channels are switching off with a time constant of what around half a millisecond . |
| 9 | Olfactory synapses are popping off throughout the brain as you stand on the parquet floor , observing the chipped varnish of the tables . |
| 10 | HE 'S been running off with the toilet rolls — and viewers ' affections — for 21 years . |
| 11 | PLACE your bets with Bugsy — and you could be jetting off for a week in Las Vegas the gambling capital of the world . |
| 12 | That means a potential 200,000 customers will be jetting off to the States . |
| 13 | the fastest time down the hill at Eastnor for those that managed to stay on was about one minute. , .16 seconds … the top 16 will be racing off for the champions crown but win or lose … fast or slow … they all seem to enjoy themselves … so what 's the fun of it … |
| 14 | the fastest time down the hill at Eastnor for those that managed to stay on was about one minute. , .16 seconds … the top 16 will be racing off for the champions crown but win or lose … fast or slow … they all seem to enjoy themselves … so what 's the fun of it … |
| 15 | " Everybody seems to be going off to the wedding-breakfast . |
| 16 | They would be going off in the boat together because that is what they always did in the mornings , to return in half an hour . |
| 17 | Chemistry in turn , even ‘ organic chemistry ’ , was considerably more advanced than the life-sciences , which just seemed to be taking off into an era of exciting progress . |
| 18 | I mean , if you 're sitting in a pub at night and some guys are showing off in a corner going ‘ Hey , what do you do , dude ’ and you go ‘ Well , I 'm a bobsleigher , actually ’ it tends to shut people up I should imagine , does n't it ? |
| 19 | We climbed down to his fishing boat and were pushing off against the stonework . |
| 20 | Fireworks were going off in the city , in advance of Halloween . |
| 21 | And they had also made guesses as to what might be possible if the deuterium and oxygen gases that were bubbling off from the cell could be recombined and their latent energy recovered and used as heat . |
| 22 | Why did you suppose we were setting off with a stretcher and torches , at this time of night ? ’ |
| 23 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 24 | His Teflon-coating has been peeling off in the heat of the election campaign . |
| 25 | At Westons cidermill in Much Marcle , Herefordshire three hundred revellers are setting off for the apple orchards.They 're following in the footsteps of their pagan ancestors in the hopes of ensuring a bumper harvest . |
| 26 | MOST of Europe 's unmarried royals are setting off on a cruise on Norway 's fjords next week , giving hopes for at least one blue-blooded romance . |
| 27 | She is one of three Guinness people who are setting off on the Raleigh scheme next year — the other two work at Guinness Ireland and at head office in Portman Square . |
| 28 | Five floors below , somebody is sounding off as the traffic before them makes a slow start at the lights . |
| 29 | And thought : and Floy is going off into the midst of all these and it is perfectly possible that I shall never see him again . |
| 30 | Then he 's going off to a party . |