Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My respectful view , for reasons which your Lordships will have noted , is that both the contention of the defence and the court 's refutation of it were misconceived : the absence of consent on the part of the owner is already inherent in the word ‘ appropriates , ’ properly understood , and therefore the argument for the defence got off on the wrong foot and the counter-argument that the words specified by the defence can not be read into section 1(1) did not assist the prosecution . |
| 2 | How can the Minister justify the attempt to sell off into the private sector , just a matter of weeks before a general election , what most Londoners rightly regard as the proper seat of London 's government ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 5 | The remains of her whiteface make-up came off with the clotted badges of blood . |
| 6 | This might explain why the universe started off in the big bang in almost perfect thermal equilibrium , because thermal equilibrium would correspond to the largest number of microscopic configurations and hence the greatest probability . |
| 7 | She did not understand what could have made the boy run off in the opposite direction . |
| 8 | In Rugby Union , Chinnor and Swindon , they 'll be locked in combat in the first round of the Oxfordshire Courage floodlit Cup , and that match kicks off at the southern by-pass ground at seven fifteen . |
| 9 | The cart moved off along the bumpy road towards the rocky mountains in the distance . |
| 10 | Club president Gordon Podmore successfully defended the sponsors trophy at Hill Valley Golf Club , Whitchurch , and the four-man team walked off with the main tournament by one Stableford point . |
| 11 | The cart trundled off through the greasy water . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm surprised you have n't had the window-frame shipped off to the Black Museum . ’ |
| 13 | The bomb went off in the public gallery , destroying the visitors ' area and blowing a hole through an external wall . |
| 14 | The guerrillas duly launched the missile north across the bay of Beirut at Jounieh , the first stage of the projectile falling into the Mediterranean as the warhead sped off towards the sleepy Christian harbour and its unsuspecting inhabitants . |
| 15 | A vignette is an illustration without border or frame , the picture shading off into the surrounding paper . |
| 16 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |
| 17 | Small wonder , then , that a lot of resentment and guilt rub off on the social worker himself or herself ; and that , when opportunity arises for public shouts of , " No better than we are ! " , it may be seized upon with a fine disregard for logic in expiation of sins which might be regarded in others as excusable . |
| 18 | Although the old colours ranged widely and included deep or light red , blue , ‘ grizzle ’ and all-white , nearly all had white finching and white on the belly and face and early selection was made for the famous white face in contrast to a deep , rich red body colour set off by the white brisket , belly , legs , shoulder stripe and tail switch . |
| 19 | The bearer set off along the wide , dusty street . |
| 20 | The noise in the kitchen switched off as the small second she stood there half-naked seemed to lengthen into years . |
| 21 | She turned , arms flailing , head back , eyes open — but the gaping mouth would utter no more prophecies , her breath cut off by the red garrotte cord round her scrawny neck . |
| 22 | ‘ See yah around , ’ Billy bawled over his shoulder and waved as the bike took off towards the main Bristol road . |
| 23 | When , at the end of the Second World War , France was liberated , those who had collaborated excessively with the Germans often had their hair cut off by the French Resistance . |
| 24 | In the attempt to win society 's approval by a cultured ministry that had both sweetness and light , would Nonconformity produce a ministry cut off from the faithful ? |
| 25 | ( The little road going off to the left here , towards Host a , I certainly do n't advise ; it scared the wits out of me one afternoon , so steep , narrow and broken was it ) . |
| 26 | It brings you first to the Lac d'Orédon , which is a genial , pine girt spot , and from which another , rather more dubious road leads off to the left up to the dam of Cap-de-Long . |
| 27 | Just why is unclear but follow it and , four miles before Gubbio , a road branches off to the beautiful region of Monte Maggiore . |
| 28 | There are signs of civilisation along here , with a scattering of crofts and farmsteads , and a narrow road branches off to the isolated community of Badluarach , a lonely outpost at the entrance to Little Loch Broom . |
| 29 | The man ran off towards the nearby Co-op store . |
| 30 | ’ His voice faltered off at the frightened look on Maeve 's face . |