Example sentences of "[vb base] off in [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had organized a decoy system whereby Carolyn drove Diana 's car to entice her press pursuers away and then Diana would emerge from Coleherne Court and walk off in the other direction . |
| 2 | But when Neill rows to investigate , he is astonished to see his yacht , complete with his wife and dog , sail off in the opposite direction with the unhinged Zane at the wheel . |
| 3 | If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal . |
| 4 | The double sweep 1 : both fighters square off in the right stance . |
| 5 | A very young man has shot himself and ‘ we ’ ride off in an inquisitive Gadarene ‘ cavalcade ’ ( ‘ our ladies had never seen a suicide ’ ) to view the corpse ; ‘ everything 's so boring ’ — recall Marya Lebyadkin 's words — ‘ one ca n't afford to be squeamish about one 's amusements so long as they are fun ’ ; and Lyamshin , the man who gets himself asked to parties to mimic women in labour , new-born babies , and peasants in the confessional , steals a bunch of grapes from the room of death . |
| 6 | unc Now finish off in the usual way . |
| 7 | There are rumours that most of the sides which face off in the first weekend of post-season action could be absorbed into a new , more important third tier of the Heineken League structure . |
| 8 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
| 9 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 10 | Men set off in a local bus commandeered to take them to the factories on the edge of the town . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | When a strong concentration of sodium chloride is placed near to paramecium they turn and go off in the opposite direction . |
| 14 | When servicing your " fridge " choose a service engineer whom you can trust and insist that he collects any gas that he bleed off in a proper cylinder . |
| 15 | You start off in the dank dungeons and your aim is to work your way to the top . |
| 16 | She watched Cranmer , loosed from his labours , wander off in an uncoordinated trot to join his friends . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Tips for success : apply strips of wax to the hair , then strip off in the opposite direction of hair growth . |
| 19 | They do not usually break out suddenly from their traditional framework and veer off in a new direction . |