Example sentences of "off and [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He got the top off and a cup poured before lowering himself gingerly back into the driving seat and passing it over to Catherine . |
| 2 | The next time Mould appeared the other jacket sleeve was ripped off and a leg of his trousers . |
| 3 | Carbonised soils are also alkali soluble and are further forms of heat modified fats or oils which have undergone radical changes whereby a large proportion of volatiles have been burnt off and a high proportion of free carbon remains in the residues . |
| 4 | In the later Empire Christians took vengeance upon the representatives of pagan authority by mutilating a bust 33 of Germanicus Caesar , in his day one of the most popular members of Augustus ' family : the nose was sliced off and a cross was cut into the forehead . |
| 5 | 10.37 : The police are tipped off and a frantic race to locate the device and warn hundreds of shopkeepers begins . |
| 6 | As with all stimulants , depression sets in when the initial stimulant effect wears off and a further dose of stimulant is required to counteract the depression . |
| 7 | The males fell into four categories : nine had their tails cut off and a longer one stuck on ( with quick-acting glue ) , nine had a shorter one stuck on , and , as controls , nine were left intact , and nine had their own tail cut off and then immediately glued back again . |
| 8 | Suddenly I was in the helicopter with the doors off and a medical bag clutched in my sweaty hand , travelling at breakneck speed fifty feet above dried river beds , paddy fields , termite hills , baobab trees , beach , forest , more forest … |
| 9 | One twelve-hour shift had knocked off and a new one had taken over the duties of maintaining the platform 's complex equipment . |
| 10 | So I took this Whitley up for 10 , 15 maybe 20 minutes and just made quite sure that all the engines were running perfectly , made a spot check on each engine and tested its flying capabilities — hands off and a few simple things in everyday testing . |
| 11 | ‘ It needs a chance to cool off and a spot of water . ’ |
| 12 | United against Wycombe brought seven goals … a sending off and a penalty … which put Wanderers into the lead after just 9 minutes … |
| 13 | United against Wycombe brought seven goals … a sending off and a penalty … which put Wanderers into the lead after just 9 minutes … |
| 14 | shaver you run off and a toothbrush . |
| 15 | fortnight off and a fortnight on |
| 16 | Now trick films were the sort of first visual magic that the cinema could produce and erm these , these films you would see for example a motor car disintegrate and then reassemble itself , this kind of thing , people 's clothes change , drop off and a new set of garments would come on , all this sort of thing , people 's faces would change , their environment would change , their chairs would collapse under them and rebuild themselves , this sort of thing which could be done relatively easily once you knew how to do it . |
| 17 | If the cell was sealed off and no gases escaped then all of the power would go into heating the electrolyte . |
| 18 | ‘ If you do n't pay double I shall take those shoes off and no one else will ever put them on . ’ |
| 19 | and it happened so regularly all the yards being closed and you 'd just be laid off and no |
| 20 | Each end of Glencoe was sealed off and every adult male who could be found was killed . |
| 21 | Er about this strike and er but time went on and it became obvious that er nobody were going to win only the boss like this boss , course he was he was scratching through , and so they called the strike off and every person who worked at er every firm had a meeting and they all decided to take so many and every firm took so many of the workers and so nobody was ever unemployed as a consequence of the strike which was very very good . |
| 22 | Three Newcastle players were sent off and an angry exchange with the referee earned Keegan a £1,000 fine . |
| 23 | In my experience , most female nurses ' idea of an erotic evening is sitting in front of the TV with their shoes off and an endless supply of cups of tea . |
| 24 | More rough stuff ; ended up with Alex Rae being sent off and an argy bargy in the dug out . |
| 25 | Shook newspaper off and the wind sent it whirling into the railings of the park . |
| 26 | A further 300 have taken refuge with the West German embassy in Warsaw and , although the East German-Czechoslovak border is virtually sealed off and the West German embassy in Prague is surrounded by police who turn would-be refugees away , 30 more have managed to get inside the building . |
| 27 | They got us off and the bus disappeared , but there was still a reason why we could not board — they never let on what it was — — and we stood on the tarmac for a long time before being herded to the back entrance . |
| 28 | I wore it just about half a dozen times , during which the button came off and the lining split . |
| 29 | If they switch off and the closed-circuit figures drop , the present heady economics of it all begin to crumble . |
| 30 | After Kylie left Neighbours , her singing career took off and the international demands on her time were even greater . |