Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] off in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll all come off in the first wash . |
| 2 | Their attempts to abandon many of the ideas and ideals of classical democratic theory were immediately challenged by other theorists ; while their celebrations of actually existing democracies founded on lukewarm politics and " a mainly passive electorate " were countered by the marked revival of popular activity and radical commitment which was already taking off in the late 1950s when these texts were being written and published . |
| 3 | Most comical is Mick Kam , whose eyebrows , once shaved off in an unfortunate moment of artistic folly , are now growing outwards in the style of a neanderthal Denis Healey . |
| 4 | ‘ Speaking generally , ’ Bray wrote in Boy Labour and Apprenticeship ( 1911 ) , ‘ the city-bred youth is growing up in a state of unrestrained liberty ’ , and describing how ‘ the habits of school and home are rapidly sloughed off in the new life of irresponsible freedom ’ he agreed that ‘ the large amount of money he has to spend on himself is by no means an unmixed benefit ’ . |
| 5 | unc Now finish off in the usual way . |
| 6 | This will be by far the longest record for any society , a record which now breaks off in the 1880s . |
| 7 | This seems to indicate that after a fairly steady climb and a certain standstill in the late 1880s , the numbers really took off in the late 1890s and the first decade of the twentieth century . |
| 8 | Although FDI had been substantial from the beginning of the twentieth century , it really took off in the 1950s , as a result of the flow of funds from the United States into Europe aher the Second World War . |
| 9 | The older horses would immediately thunder off in the opposite direction and the youngsters would immediately follow . |
| 10 | ‘ It has particularly taken off in the last three years . |
| 11 | On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction . |
| 12 | After flying on land , the group were then whisked off in an airborne plane to Robert Carrier 's restaurant in Suffolk for a sumptuous lunch . |
| 13 | The metal yields easily at first , hardens somewhat and then breaks off in a brittle fashion . |
| 14 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 15 | Eventually it was just a dark dot way up in the shy , almost unrecognisable except for the distinctive flight pattern : it would glide round in a circle , then soar off in a straight line , helped along by the wind , and finally resume its circular flight again . |
| 16 | Tips for success : apply strips of wax to the hair , then strip off in the opposite direction of hair growth . |
| 17 | I lapsed into a semi-coma , only vaguely conscious that we came round again to the familiar spot and waited , then headed off in a new direction . |
| 18 | She looked at him wide-eyed for a second , then ran off in the same direction as Isay . |
| 19 | It bumped into his foot , beeped at him , and then bustled off in the opposite direction . |