Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] off [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone had mentioned that the ski-jump was off to the right , but visibility was only 50 yards and it could not be seen . |
| 2 | The spaceport was off in the distance ahead of them , a giant depression in the midst of the great glacial plateau of ice — the City 's edge forming a great wall about the outer perimeter . |
| 3 | After the show had ended , the black Cizeta on display was off to the company 's first client in Singapore , who 'll be $630,000 lighter for the privilege of owning the world 's only V16-engined production car . |
| 4 | Caitlin was off at the BBC studios , he was appearing on Crimewatch later in the evening . |
| 5 | Fiver was off up the field like a hare . |