Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a roadside cottage at the end of the village ( a former toll bar ) , a narrow lane turns off the main road to the left and continues beyond a crossroads and the old railway track to start a long climb on the side of Casterton Fell and ultimately come to an end at Bullpot Farm . |
| 2 | In this case one male drives off the others when the nest is completed . |
| 3 | It is never truly dark in London : a dome of pale orange light seals off the city from the stars . |
| 4 | The Caledonian Canal cuts through the Great Glen to form a waterway link between Loch Ness at Fort Augustus and Loch Linnhe near Fort William , and in effect cuts off the North-West Highlands from the rest of Scotland . |
| 5 | When the wind blows off the land you have to consider the effects of trees , hills and buildings . |
| 6 | Back towards the house , a wattle fence divides off the western side of the garden . |
| 7 | As the car swings off the road into the technology park , the ducks rise from the man-made lake in the middle , while the surrounding buildings could be straight out of Silicon Valley , or a quieter version of the Thames Valley . |
| 8 | Atlanta , Georgia is to host the 1996 Olympic Games , the city 's mayor shrugs off the disappointment of the Athens contingent who were hot favourites . |
| 9 | This chapter rounds off the section of Genesis centring on Jacob . |
| 10 | The tape leaps off the inside of the spool and runs into springy coils . |
| 11 | The wind comes off the sea so predictably that the first nine , which is played into the wind , was deliberately designed 300 yards shorter than the downwind second nine . |
| 12 | Spanish biologists have discovered a new colony of 350 monk seals off the disputed territory of Western Sahara . |
| 13 | If the spin is " up " the electron goes off one way , if it is " down " the electron goes off the other way , as in the figure . |
| 14 | If a Squig Hopper bounces off the table it does not return . |
| 15 | Steam on the kitchen window cuts off the railway lines , making the tiny kitchen for once a friendly place . |
| 16 | Everybody in ‘ our town ’ feels indignant about the insult to the respected old gentleman , and a proposal gets off the ground to give a subscription dinner in his honour ; but finally ‘ we ’ think better of it , ‘ perhaps realizing at last that a man had , after all , been pulled by the nose , so there really was n't any cause for a celebration . ’ |
| 17 | This machine is a tensile strength tester , to ensure the stamp peels off the stamp book , but stays on the letter . |
| 18 | The sun twinkles off the money temples , the acres of glass echoing endless self-reflections . |
| 19 | So every ten point six minutes , another engine comes off the end . |
| 20 | Physically , it is a shrink-wrapped package about the size of a music CD package that the user buys off the shelf , and it was pioneered here in the UK , in France and Australia before being introduced in the US . |
| 21 | When it comes this easy mere professionalism drains off the sparkle in band 's work . |
| 22 | At the same time Lasky offered Out of Darkness in which a young heiress lives off the profits of a Florida cannery in which hundreds of working-girls earned 30 cents for a 13-hour day at the cutting-tables . |
| 23 | This ball valve device seals off the sump area and ensures all detergent is used and is n't just washed away — another money saver . |
| 24 | AND MOTOROLA 's BUSINESS SHRUGS OFF THE CELLULAR TELEPHONE SCARE |
| 25 | As solution deposition falls off the mop is dipped in the rinse bucket and agitated thoroughly , to wash out trapped dirt , and then wrung out . |
| 26 | The modern grey or brown fascia sets off the knobs with colour co-ordinated inserts . |
| 27 | Made from a mass of floral striped fabric , this pretty half-tester decoration sets off the exuberant floral bed line perfectly . |
| 28 | Where a stream flows off the higher rocks ( the Millstone Grit ) on to the limestone , a large flow of water passes down the joints at that one place . |
| 29 | If this new award gets off the ground , it will replace the current British Quality Association Awards which was won by Chemical Products Billingham in 1989 and for which ‘ Melinar ’ at Wilton received a commendation in 1991 . |
| 30 | A little a little flip above the keeper bounces off the crossbar . |