Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [verb] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Puzzling over this , I nearly miss a water rail which scuttles off down a drainage ditch towards the loch of Westsandwick . |
| 2 | By his technique , by the force of words and theme , by the disciplined speed of his narrative , he draws us into a fiction which takes off from a foundation of known fact and recognisable truth . |
| 3 | Last week Mr Harper 's brother Paul offered a £500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the four-man gang which made off with the £3,000 haul . |
| 4 | The first is a surface sore which starts off as a red mark . |
| 5 | The result is an oxygen linkage and a molecule of water which goes off in the sap . |
| 6 | That 's the garden sign which blew off in the gales before Christmas and landed on Uri 's car . |
| 7 | Terrified commuters were already reeling from the first explosion which went off in a flower bed at at 8.39am when the second , larger Semtex blast came 90 minutes later . |
| 8 | The pink of this species is generally verging on pale purple , and extends from the head in a wedge which tails off to the lower part of the back of the body . |
| 9 | Hopefully Hereford are on the way up after beating Doncaster … good win this … a good performance which kicked off with an early goal from Owen Pickard … |
| 10 | The fourth and fifth relate to a long-standing debate about the purpose of RE — this is the " confessional " approach which starts off from the assumption of the truth of a particular religious viewpoint and seeks to nurture pupils within , or strongly encourage them towards accepting , that viewpoint . |
| 11 | Oranges that are to be peeled and eaten should also be washed , because the fungicide is contained in a wax layer which comes off on the hands during peeling and then contaminates the fruit . |
| 12 | Almost opposite this is a road which turns off to the right down to Rabaçal ( 64km ) at a height of 1,070m . |
| 13 | But they also have the possibility of taking a spectacular minor road which branches off to the left , ie south , at Wiggen . |
| 14 | Not the clankings and gratings of the Zoo which lay off in the distance to his right , now obscured by the trees over which he had flown in the night , but the call of a thousand birds whose busyness and life shook his fears off him for a time and replaced them with a sense of wonder . |
| 15 | Sedum spectabile " Autumn Joy " has boldly fleshy shoots with butterfly — attracting pink flowers in late summer which dry off on the plant to orange/brown heads useful for winter decorations . |
| 16 | Keep to the bottom of the small valley rather than following the track which goes off to the left . |
| 17 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |