Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A former 3rd Farnham scout was heading off with the Falklands-bound Navy task force as one of the mechanics servicing the Harrier jump-jets aboard HMS Hermes . |
| 2 | A weak sun was rising off to the east over the distant buildings and its pale light was filtering through the branches of the trees about him . |
| 3 | Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder . |
| 4 | In the foreground another smaller flock was taking off from the little lake on the south side . |
| 5 | In April the Smolensk Party advised the Roslavl' cell that contributions to the Famine were tailing off in the Roslavl' area , so two new directives were issued : first , to collect another famine tax , with every twenty town-workers or employees supporting one hungry child , and every five peasant households contributing for one hungry adult ; second , to hold agitational meetings in all trade-union branches and at village skhod meetings . |
| 6 | Fabbiano was standing off to the side , his arm raised like a parade marshal 's as he directed the models off stage . |
| 7 | The sea was drawing off across the foreshore — leaving acre after acre of rocks — with a long series of hollow roars , diminishing , diminuendo on diminuendo . |