Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] off in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The double sweep 1 : both fighters square off in the right stance . |
| 2 | Julie fell dead beneath a tree , its lower branches hacked off in the frenzied attack . |
| 3 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 4 | All the stack-pipes fell off in the Daily Express Trophy at Silverstone , but Graham won again and that race carried a lot of money . |
| 5 | So many people give up because , after the elation of seeing the pounds fall off in the first few days , they lose heart when weight loss slows down . |
| 6 | There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations . |
| 7 | Ammunition , grenades , and demolition explosives went off in a deadly firework display . |
| 8 | So League teams kicked off in the usual way , while the guns blazed across the Channel . |
| 9 | Dunstable withdrew yesterday from the FA Cup , but face disciplinary action after their remaining players walked off in the 38th minute of the tie at Staines after the referee Stephen Head sent off a third member of their team . |
| 10 | The FA will also investigate Dunstable 's bizarre exit from the FA Cup on Saturday when the entire team walked off in their second-round qualifying tie at Staines after having three players sent off in the first 38 minutes . |
| 11 | ‘ Two Turkish teams have had three players sent off in the same European match . |
| 12 | Suddenly , one of the rockets shot off in the wrong direction , dived on the crowd and exploded among them . |
| 13 | Men set off in a local bus commandeered to take them to the factories on the edge of the town . |