Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't know what goes on off the course with the other guys ; their mental work and physical training . |
| 2 | Because she , she goes in off the deep end and you |
| 3 | It lies at the extreme edge of the constellation , and I have found that the best way to locate it is to use Beta Comæ , which is of magnitude 4.3 and lies rather off a line joining Cor Caroli to Arcturus ; though dim , Beta Comæ is rather isolated , and not difficult to identify . |
| 4 | In the mountains not far from Dečane and near the present-day town of Prština , it lies just off the main road to Skopje . |
| 5 | Find Epsilon Monocerotis ( 4.3 ) , which lies slightly off the line joining Procyon to Betelgeux , considerably closer to Betelgeux . |
| 6 | Ankaa lies slightly off the mid-point of a line joining Fomalhaut to Achernar , which is probably the best way of identifying it . |
| 7 | The expression ’ the north-east ’ trips easily off the tongue . |
| 8 | Freddy , for the uninitiated is a dolphin who swims daily off the Northumberland coast at Amble . |
| 9 | Paul gets up off the floor and sits on the bed . |
| 10 | She gets up off the ground . |
| 11 | No wonder the old boy stares obliquely off the back cover like a guilty-looking Archie Andrews . |
| 12 | smirks and hurries westward off the shelf . |
| 13 | It is understandable for our staff in the offices to look at such claims in a different way from that of someone who comes in off the street . |
| 14 | Tough rule , to bowl to the er new batsman Mahammama , that 's his first delivery and he stands rather quickly at that one down on the leg stump , runs away off the pad , there 's a shout , I think more of anguish from Tufnell than er conviction . |
| 15 | Gravity works on the surface of the Earth or the Moon , and it still works just off the surface , so as to pull things down on to it . |
| 16 | The heat comes up off the tarmac and pummels him . |
| 17 | Over half the nitrogen runs straight off the land , from natural sources or fertilisers . |
| 18 | She wheels around off a wall and disappears into the mirage maze of lights . |