Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] off at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If it is only 20 francs , Father will perhaps give me another 10 … and then I 'll rush off at tremendous speed . ’ |
| 2 | She looked as though she might slide off at any moment . |
| 3 | Alone with Guido in the little boat , she 'd felt a constant sense of danger , like sitting on a time bomb that might go off at any second . |
| 4 | I 'm only gon na get it four foot deep with it anyway it would n't be four foot deep all over , it 'll start off at two foot and then slightly slope down to the deep part |
| 5 | When you 'd done your thirty years , you 'd go off at two-thirds pension . |
| 6 | For example , migrating wading birds may stop off at particular estuaries en route from winter feeding grounds to summer breeding grounds ; and we will meet more examples ( eg of fish breeding in mangroves or coral reefs ) in the next chapter . |
| 7 | The cars used to set off at one-minute intervals , originally starting at 9.00 p.m. on a Saturday but that was changed in 1949 to midnight , . |
| 8 | It was decided that unless they got word of a change in direction from the scouts the Regent had sent to follow the enemy 's route , the Scots host , now numbering some thirteen thousand , would set off at first light , south-westwards , on a converging course . |
| 9 | To escape the posse of photographers and television crews that were always lying in wait , they would set off at high speed along treacherous tracks , with Europe 's press in hot pursuit . |
| 10 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |
| 11 | The encounter can break off at any stage in the process of escalation . |
| 12 | ‘ It can go off at any time , ’ says Nayab . |