Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] off in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meetings could be banned and the townships sealed off in the event of new disturbances . |
| 2 | Shoes came off in the water . |
| 3 | I thought it a bit extreme to take the unit off as I 've found a much simpler way of stopping this problem of the springs sounding off in the back . |
| 4 | Performance has to be exciting enough to make the boat attractive , but it has to be something that lighter and less experienced crews starting off in the class can handle . |
| 5 | The anniversary of that incident was ‘ celebrated ’ on May 9 last month when firebombs went off in the shopping mall of The Galleries shopping centre at Bristol , at the opposite end of the country . |
| 6 | WHAT with car-jackings , smash-and-grab raids and bombs going off in the car park at the World Trade Centre , no wonder American motorists are turning to Bill O'Gara . |
| 7 | And she sang a few bars into the mouthpiece , swaying a little , watching the lights go off in the theatre . |
| 8 | So that when they sit facing each other on either side of their fire-place , both grins take off in the direction of the mantelpiece , as if drawn by the draught . |
| 9 | A group of British cyclists sets off in the heart of Brussels . |
| 10 | When Fardine whistled the birds shot off in the direction of the Jama Masjid ; another whistle and they returned . |
| 11 | Had too many good notions run off in the night |
| 12 | Charcoal has these tars driven off in the course of manufacture , leaving it as a clean , uncomplicated fuel for use in gasifiers . |
| 13 | ‘ When the alarms go off in the house , they 'll go on in Central Station . |
| 14 | Detectives believe the thieves made off in the direction of Barnwell Place and are eager to hear from anyone who might have seen them . |