Example sentences of "[vb past] off [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drummer gave a few bangs on his big drum , the accordionist struck up a lively tune and the procession moved off to the first house . |
| 2 | The secular trend towards declining levels of crime levelled off in the first decade of this century . |
| 3 | On the day appointed , the aircraft took off with the first stick , all of whom landed successfully . |
| 4 | I took off at the first light and made the rendezvous as planned and found the fighters had just become airborne . |
| 5 | Inter , second at the start of play , crashed 3-0 at second-from-bottom Ancona and had former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga sent off in the first half . |
| 6 | He was a miner and he went off to the First World War and got killed . |
| 7 | He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right . |
| 8 | At the same time , on the other side of the range , Christophe Moulin , a 33-year-old guide from Briancon , set off for the first solo ascent ( and incidentally the first repeat ) of Jean-Marc Boivin 's Ballade Au Clair du Lune : a hooks-and-copperheads A4 on the south face of the Fou . |
| 9 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |