Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] off in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However it was , the one he had aimed at did not get out of the way in time and a last-minute attempt to slink off in the wind failed . |
| 2 | The DUP says that Republican violence paid off in the disarming of the RUC , the disbanding of the B Specials , the banning of Orange , Black and Apprentice Boys ' parades resulting in the imprisonment of Loyalists , the overthrow of Ulster 's parliament , the plan for talks with Dublin to change the status of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom , the abolishing of the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen in the new Assembly and Executive , the making of such oaths illegal for appointment to government boards , the removal of the Governor , the obliteration of ‘ On Her Majesty 's Service ’ from official paid envelopes , the attempt to destroy democracy by power-sharing which was a blow at the secrecy of the ballot box and an insult to British citizenship and standards , the proposal to set up machinery for the transfer of Northern Ireland 's powers to a body or bodies in or with the Irish Republic , and the continued existence of areas in Northern Ireland where the Queen 's writ did not effectually run . |
| 3 | In the early hours of yesterday morning the Drumkeen Hotel at Upper Galwally , Belfast , was extensively damaged when a 200 lb car bomb went off in the car park . |
| 4 | The building was extensively damaged when a 200 lb car bomb went off in the car park . |
| 5 | ‘ Mind you , ’ he added , ‘ I 've seen my own stuff flogged off in the market here . |
| 6 | Five minutes after letting the freelined bait drift off in the tide the big shark struck . |
| 7 | At one stage a bleeper went off in the press gallery which woke up one or two slumbering hacks . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't care for the notion that Paul Gray had his head cut off in the Cathedral . |
| 9 | Now that was a year , but , er because you was n't a bound apprentice , when trade fell off in the winter , and it fell off drastically in the winter , and then built up for Easter , when everyone in those days bought new clothes . |
| 10 | Brynllys has been farmed organically by Rachel 's family since 1942 , but until 1982 all the milk went off in the tanker with everybody else 's , putting the lie to the old chestnut that organic producers must have a premium . |
| 11 | The gang sped off in the Pathfinder after abandoning the overheating pickup , stolen the night before , 30ft from the bodies of the two friends . |
| 12 | If you roll an arrow then the missile veers off in the direction indicated . |
| 13 | If you roll an arrow then the missile veers off in the direction indicated . |
| 14 | He let his voice trail off in the hope that Naseby would not enquire further into such a delicate matter . |
| 15 | After reading the signpost , the user moves off in the direction of his choice until he arrives at the next crossroads . |
| 16 | Distillation is another , in which flowers are boiled in water , and the essential oil given off in the steam is collected and condensed by cooling . |
| 17 | With their bare hands , they fought to save the man who had an ear ripped off in the attack . |
| 18 | One man had his ear sliced off in the fight and another was arrested , but later released . |
| 19 | This code is confusingly named 386BSD after the original 386BSD project kicked off in the university 's Computer Systems Research Group in 1989 . |
| 20 | In The Possessed , the conspirators have enticed their victim to a dark remote spot where nothing will be seen or heard , and have done the deed and tied two heavy stones to the body so that it is sure to sink , and have carried it to a pond and thrown it in : then , ‘ With extraordinary carelessness ’ they overlook that cap which has no doubt fallen off in the struggle , and which the police will soon find . |
| 21 | Watch that brickwork dry off in the sun , it 'll be as pale as the arch , here , in ten minutes . |
| 22 | The first solo , tabbed last month , was in the key of E. This second solo takes off in the key of F , although the two-note pickup is played over the last beat of the final bar of E. |
| 23 | ‘ After three or four weeks a suntan comes off in the bath , but you have damaged your skin and maybe even have skin cancer — why compromise yourself ? |
| 24 | In his wake trailed the baptist preacher , his words of comfort drifting off in the wind . |