Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] off [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided doubles was getting short-shrifted so went off on that tangent . |
| 2 | Flight-weight maybe , but they never really took off in British homes . |
| 3 | ‘ No , not this time ; it was a bomb that supposedly went off without any warning — lots of gory casualties . ’ |
| 4 | CHARLES and Diana arrived in Greece for a make-or-break ‘ secret ’ holiday last night — and immediately zoomed off in separate speedboats . |
| 5 | A quantity of ore is here shipped off to distant smelting-houses . |
| 6 | He showed us the whole lagoon ( it is very big ) , slowing down to let us see the most interesting parts , then hurtled off amid boiling clouds of spray to give us a thrill . |
| 7 | So , a cleansing milk a little a amount in the palm of your hand put over the face , then rinsed off with warm water and then you can dry your face with a towel and you would feel then , perhaps , that you 'd really washed your face . |
| 8 | He scored the first goal that put Spurs in the final , inspired them to victory , then went off after 60 minutes … job done . |
| 9 | The machineheads are little works of art in themselves : fully enclosed , the gold-plated casings are engraved and then topped off with patterned pearl machine keys . |
| 10 | Every time his plane touched down at Nice airport and he saw palm trees and tanned porters in white , short-sleeved shirts , Adam enjoyed afresh the glamour of a life where one stepped on to a plane in bleak winter weather and shortly afterwards stepped off in warm sunshine . |