Example sentences of "[vb infin] off [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Damien and a companion of his choice can now head off for a fabulous hero 's weekend in London . |
| 2 | He would smile and move off at a steady pace , his friends with him . |
| 3 | However , it is not unusual to see pilots take off towards a heavy rain shower on a good soaring day instead of waiting until it has passed . |
| 4 | Together with a partner , one lucky reader will jet off for a luxury £600 Paris weekend . |
| 5 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 6 | I could hardly let you go off on an epic journey all by yourself . |
| 7 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 8 | According to some recent work of mine , the answer is that they will go off into a little baby universe of their own . |
| 9 | I 'd walk off to a respectful distance — I had no desire to listen to their conversation , there was nothing useful to pick up from that babble . |
| 10 | In some areas , most notably the liturgical and the ecumenical , Rome did get off to a good start in providing directives of a sort that would carry confidence at least temporarily ; even here , however , there was the inherent problem that a body of directives implied the establishment of a stable state ( e.g. in ecumenical relations ) , while the reality was in fact necessarily more fluid . |
| 11 | Often they germinate well at this time of year , and will overwinter and get off to a good start next spring . |
| 12 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 13 | I still found the argument extraordinary , but I also had to take into account the fact that if Nigel retained this stance then the committee meeting would have to be postponed and the whole exercise would get off to a terrible start . |
| 14 | Such MPs would , it is true , know that territory better than any incoming outsider , and being known there would presumably get off to a flying start in the pursuit of popularity . |
| 15 | THE launch of Middlesbrough yesterday as the country 's second environment city did n't exactly get off to a flying start . |
| 16 | Even if I went onstage and did a direct rip-off of Jagger or Bowie it would never come off as a complete copy because Blondie is a girl . ’ |
| 17 | Why not start off with a major ITN chunk , and start cutting in regional programmes later ? ’ |
| 18 | Essentially the four areas are computational modelling , what contribution a do n't write these down because they 're not the same as the ones on the board , but it 's looking at the role of computational modelling in perception , although you could start off with a broader definition of it within cognitive psychology . |
| 19 | In the case of party , for example , par will start off at a higher activation level than party because of inhibition effects , but as the model begins to process , party will be sufficiently active to suppress tea … |
| 20 | These white athletes under such circumstances may start off at a psychological disadvantage . |