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 | The secular trend towards declining levels of crime levelled off in the first decade of this century . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | The friendship broke off in the 1880s . |
| 5 | Before the property boom took off in the 1970s there were still cheap flats around in London . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 8 | The remains of her whiteface make-up came off with the clotted badges of blood . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She did not understand what could have made the boy run off in the opposite direction . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The cart moved off along the bumpy road towards the rocky mountains in the distance . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The cart trundled off through the greasy water . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm surprised you have n't had the window-frame shipped off to the Black Museum . ’ |
| 16 | The bomb went off in the public gallery , destroying the visitors ' area and blowing a hole through an external wall . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In Europe the craze for motoring took off in the twenties and thirties , helped in 1931 by the launching of the first cross-Channel ferry specifically designed to carry cars and their passengers . |
| 19 | A vignette is an illustration without border or frame , the picture shading off into the surrounding paper . |
| 20 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ALLAN Lamb 's day got off to the worst possible start as flooding in London forced a quick change of travel plans . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The bearer set off along the wide , dusty street . |
| 25 | The noise in the kitchen switched off as the small second she stood there half-naked seemed to lengthen into years . |
| 26 | The drummer gave a few bangs on his big drum , the accordionist struck up a lively tune and the procession moved off to the first house . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Beating off an ambush by ‘ eighty infidels on foot ’ , he and his train headed off on the last stage of his journey through the burning plains of the Punjab towards the mighty Indian capital and the palace of the Sultan . |
| 29 | We were glad enough that the weather seemed set fair for the remainder of our voyage and next morning set off on the last few miles of our northerly course to round the utmost tip of Shetland . |
| 30 | ‘ See yah around , ’ Billy bawled over his shoulder and waved as the bike took off towards the main Bristol road . |