Example sentences of "[v-ing] off [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was the first stripping off of the so-called glamour that women of my age tend to cling to , not just actresses ’ . |
| 2 | From the top of the bank Yanto noticed Billy and Janet wandering off in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | Like slipping away from a sleeping embrace , silently shutting the door behind one , tiptoeing off in the grey light of dawn — a stranger again . |
| 4 | And in fact prices would seem now to be levelling off somewhat throughout the country , slowing down in the North and levelling off at the current levels in the South . |
| 5 | Whole rooms of the Turk 's Head were taken over by bits of fairground waiting for the revival that would send Uncle Titch and Grandad chortling off to the local branch of the Co-op . |
| 6 | Do you remember many people going off to the Red Brigade ? |
| 7 | Well it 's quite fun just going off for the odd day cos then he goes off to see Ian , he enjoys that but it was two afternoons last week cos I did Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon |
| 8 | It was not everyone who would have relished going off into the dark forest ; Lugh did not relish it at all , in fact . |
| 9 | There was a flourish of the saxophone , a twirl and a curtsy from Rose , a rise and a bow from Bernie and a scatter of faint applause from what seemed a very distant audience , and then there were Rose and Bernie almost on top of her , snarling at each other about something , going off into the darkened wings arguing at the top of their voices . |
| 10 | Dej and his colleagues did not want to remain the poor peasant cousins of the other Communist states which were going off along the high road to communism . |
| 11 | At the farm entrance gate marked Bwlch-y-waun follow the path leading off up the open hill to the summit of Tor y Foel ( 1,806ft ) . |
| 12 | ‘ After the quarantine period 's over , ’ he went on , with an air of simplifying an impossibly complex process , ‘ the containers are transferred into the decanning cave through a series of sub-ponds leading off from the main storage pond . |
| 13 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 14 | A former 3rd Farnham scout was heading off with the Falklands-bound Navy task force as one of the mechanics servicing the Harrier jump-jets aboard HMS Hermes . |
| 15 | The families are heading off for the only place where they can make a living these days : the jungle area of Chapare in Cochabamba. province . |
| 16 | That did n't stop my old man pocketing the money , touching his cap and then heading off towards the Black Bull . |
| 17 | The praise was complete and we all departed , the minister helicoptering off to the high mountains to give worship to the farmers herding their stock . |
| 18 | The trains time her life , crashing through fitful dreams at night , slackening off in the early hours . |
| 19 | Also on the competition front one lucky reader will be flying off to the sunny Bahamas for her honeymoon — so hurry up and enter , it might just be you ! |
| 20 | We go up the hill on the toboggans and you 're meant to use your brakes and one of us did , and we just went flying off into the raging snow . |
| 21 | FAST-MOVING comic-strip spoof on US life and politics , Phoenix Beam 's cult American Eagle lands at Willesden Green Library Centre , 95 High Road , London NW10 ( tel : 01 451 0294 ) , December 15-16 , before zooming off to the Lyric Theatre , Hammersmith ( 01 641 2311 ) , with open workshops and signed performances for the deaf , Dec 19-Jan 13 . |
| 22 | ‘ Hey dad , that 's Vic Halom , ’ said a lad of about ten scurrying off to the big match . |
| 23 | The thought of the pigeon sitting alone in its Bible-nest inside the big wheel , with black shadows all around and no one to talk to , set me scurrying off like the returning hunter . |
| 24 | Especially when you 're starting off on the right foot like you and Marilyn . |
| 25 | Starting off from the old town hall in the middle of the High Street he made his way slowly down the road as far as the Black Bull pub , accompanied by Mr Tim Devlin , who holds the Stockton South with a slender 774 majority , and his wife Carol . |
| 26 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll give it her back , ’ said Lee , running off to the far side of the orchard . |
| 28 | Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so . |
| 29 | We take a look at nine of the hottest designs around that 'll send you panting off to the outdoor shops |
| 30 | He could hear people shouting in the distance and knew that they had gone chasing off in the opposite direction . |