Example sentences of "[to-vb] off at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like thoroughbred horses chafing at their bits before an important race , they are liable at any moment to sprint off at a hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction . |
| 2 | Linearity appeared to fall off at the -90dB level , not of much concern , and there was a small amount of high frequency hash in the output at -78dB . |
| 3 | Instead , people learn to back off at the first sign that somebody might disapprove . |
| 4 | When the dip of the beds is fairly steep towards the sea , there is a tendency for blocks of rock to break off at the joint planes , usually at right angles to the bedding , so that the cliff profile tends to be dominated by the dip of the beds . |
| 5 | but we obviously have to cut off at a certain time to er get the accounts and audited in time . |