Example sentences of "[vb infin] off [prep] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be , within this bonfire — and until it 's taken apart we will not be able to ascertain this — there may be petroleum cans in there , there may be small L P G cylinders , all of which will go off with a very large explosion and possibly cause some injury to life . |
| 2 | If they formulate detailed hypotheses and produce elaborate questionnaires or interview schedules without first carrying out informal interviews they may well go off in a completely fruitless direction and have only themselves to blame when they end up with several hundred completed forms , none of which have asked the right questions about the right key factors . |
| 3 | But he knew his chief 's dislike of unnecessary chat , and strapped as they were side by side in uncomfortably close proximity in the Enstrom F28 , he decided that the Chevisham case would get off to the most propitious start by a policy of disciplined silence . |
| 4 | Up top of a proud oak , safely saddled , hilled by summer sounds and accidental thoughts of Sunday hymn , the pale ten-year-old let his mind drift off into an even leafier land not on the map . |
| 5 | We 'll start off on a real low now wo n't we ? |