Example sentences of "[vb -s] off in [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you ever noticed the response when a car alarm goes off in a busy street ? |
| 2 | The situation in the traditional poem , as exemplified by Sidney , is an I — She one , where the pronouns reveal the gap between the lover and his mistress ; in Donne , as I have shown elsewhere , l it is an I-Thou , and above all a We/Us/Our relationship , where the lovers exist , after the consummation , as a unit , a model to others , from which point Donne 's wit takes off in a brilliant sequence of rhetorical strategies . |
| 3 | The lottery will create at least 52 new millionaires each year , and possibly more if the weekly draw takes off in a big way . |
| 4 | The metal yields easily at first , hardens somewhat and then breaks off in a brittle fashion . |
| 5 | HAMLET , however , continues the movement into an about-turn and walks off in the opposite direction . |
| 6 | Specialising pays off in a hard market |
| 7 | As Patricia Monahan says ‘ oil-painting should be a journey of exploration and pleasure ’ , adding that ‘ the artist sets off in a particular direction but ends up somewhere else . ’ |
| 8 | That done he lets her go , and with his head over his shoulder turned , he goes out backwards without taking his yes off her … she runs off in the opposite direction . |