Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] off on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt . |
| 3 | Harriet 's voice had grown bleaker as she spoke and finally broke off on a clipped note of finality . |
| 4 | It finally eases off on the very top of Rudland Rigg , a majestic shoulder of land running north to south , with views right across the moors . |
| 5 | The crowds who gathered on Alexanderplatz and then moved off on a winding trail through East Berlin were in any case convinced he was their man . |
| 6 | Those who could not escape put in a token appearance , showing themselves before the delegates from their local constituency association and then scuttling off on the first train back to civilization . |
| 7 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 8 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 9 | Tiny hummingbirds fly down from New England into Louisiana and then take off on a non-stop sea-crossing of five hundred miles across the Bay of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula and the warm jungles of Central and South America . |