Example sentences of "[to-vb] off in [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Another political time bomb , waiting to go off in the New Year , is a Select Committee inquiry into Britain 's overall energy needs .
2 Eleven tricks made for a very good score , as several other declarers had actually contrived to go off in the same contract .
3 Therefore , if a moth hears a bat approaching about 100 feet away , its best policy is to fly off in the other direction .
4 On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place .
5 The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months .
6 ‘ Contacts at professional and academic level , seminars , familiarisation with techniques , will build up a rapport which tends to pay off in the long run , ’ he said .
7 Below : to take off in a camper van ( see page 70 ) , find the words in this grid — and do n't forget the competition entry token
8 In his billowing white surplice he looked like a dishevelled old bird struggling to take off in a high wind .
9 Cricket was just beginning to take off in the mid-19th century .
10 Dominic Woosey purveys his own brand of ambient House , lightly peppered with acidic loops , whilst Cosmic Baby turns the acid machines up full and demonstrates why Germany is about to take off in the same way that Belgium did last year .
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