Example sentences of "[vb base] off [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He examined the gallery , then set off along the left-hand corridor where the men 's bedrooms were . |
| 32 | They set off through the drizzling rain , climbing the steep path up the rock which the monks said was popularly known as Arthur 's Seat . |
| 33 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 34 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 35 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 36 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 37 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 38 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 39 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
| 40 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 41 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 42 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 43 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 44 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 45 | set off before the last grunt of the dinosaurs |
| 46 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 47 | They set off from the same place but , like pieces of something that had just exploded , they each took a different course across the lawn . |
| 48 | The plan clears up the legal wrangles set off by the federal government 's decision in 1988 to sue the state government over water quality in the Everglades , but leaves unclear many of the details of the clean-up . |
| 49 | before you rush off to the local retailer , cash in hand , take a little time to consider the type of runner you are and what you really need . |
| 50 | When a strong concentration of sodium chloride is placed near to paramecium they turn and go off in the opposite direction . |
| 51 | We smoke a bit of skag , feel better and nod off on the tweedy settee before the heater . |
| 52 | as if to underline the point , Malmo completed their regular season by losing 2-0 to relegated Vastra Frolunda , although they now play off for the Swedish title with Norrkoping . |
| 53 | We watch it splutter off around the nearest comer . |
| 54 | Unless you start off with the right board , though , you 're going to make learning a lot of unnecessarily hard work . |
| 55 | We start off with the front cover sheet . |
| 56 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
| 57 | Two beetles start off from the same point in opposite directions . |
| 58 | We watched the men bundle up their parachutes and move off through the dense undergrowth , chopping at it with jungle machetes . |
| 59 | move off into the moving concourse of people |
| 60 | If you do , make a third column and ask the LH to say the first and second words in the " different " column , then the first and third , etc. , as you tick off in the third column the ones that are now different from the new no. 1 . |