Example sentences of "[vb infin] off [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |
| 2 | At half-time a note was passed to the Scottish dressing-room telling the young striker that he would be shot if he did not ease off in the second half . |
| 3 | Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally . |
| 4 | Getting a good set of prints is not cheap , although there are less expensive rates for students and most actors have a stock of postcard size prints that they can send off at the merest rumour of work . |
| 5 | Damien and a companion of his choice can now head off for a fabulous hero 's weekend in London . |
| 6 | Well , I daresay you 'd know I would n't nod off in the normal way . |
| 7 | I 'd have thought any normal thief would make off with the whole bag . |
| 8 | He would smile and move off at a steady pace , his friends with him . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One might speculate that an impending solution to the Northern Ireland problem would split off from the clerical leadership those groups for whom the present position is only accepted on pragmatic grounds . |
| 11 | But it does lend itself to careful analysis and preparation which may well pay off during the actual bargaining . |
| 12 | Another former Conservative Cabinet minister , David Howell , chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , praised the Budget as a ‘ balanced and prudent ’ statement which would pay off in the long term . |
| 13 | The party leadership 's case — that the Scottish Secretary would be forced to select councillors to sit on the Committee of the Regions from a list supplied by the four parties , and this was a key concession which would pay off in the long term — was acknowledged by committee members . |
| 14 | So , if you have to cope with recrimination , invidious comparisons and abuse from your son or daughter , take the long view and remain solid and safe ; it may be painful for you , but it will pay off in the longer term . |
| 15 | If she then plays 3 rounds of Spades trumping in dummy and proceeds to knock out the Ace of Clubs , East can simply hold off to the third round and then lead a Diamond . |
| 16 | I could hardly let you go off on an epic journey all by yourself . |
| 17 | If , however , the dance told the bees where to go , they should go off to the wrong place ( depending on where Gould had put the light bulb ) . |
| 18 | According to some recent work of mine , the answer is that they will go off into a little baby universe of their own . |
| 19 | I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’ |
| 20 | The older horses would immediately thunder off in the opposite direction and the youngsters would immediately follow . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Often they germinate well at this time of year , and will overwinter and get off to a good start next spring . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | THE launch of Middlesbrough yesterday as the country 's second environment city did n't exactly get off to a flying start . |
| 28 | If you 've got signs on the main line saying traffic point , traffic censors ahead , you 're gon na have people saying oh sod that I 'll get off at the next junction instead |
| 29 | We must get off on the right foot . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |