Example sentences of "break off [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some-times the ‘ spiritual people ’ have reacted against the institutional church of their day , and broken off to form a ‘ pure church ’ consisting of themselves and likeminded friends and before long this new church has usually become as encrusted with barnacles as the one from which they broke away . |
| 2 | At least half an hour goes by before the laibon breaks off to welcome the returning cattle . |
| 3 | Gruber intoned these rhymes in his celebrated ( or infamous ) semi-sung , semi-spoken fashion , breaking off to play the occasional motif on one or other of the toy instruments arrayed alongside him . |
| 4 | Marks broke off to acknowledge a greeting from a newcomer who went to the bar . |
| 5 | She broke off to acknowledge an old man trudging by : ‘ Good day to you , Mr Ivey ! |
| 6 | Stoddart broke off to watch the presentations and then continued : ‘ Happily , I still have the mare , who is now 18 . |
| 7 | He broke off to applaud a little ball striking a boundary rope not far from us . |
| 8 | The CO broke off to frown an inquiry at his Adjutant . |
| 9 | Van Gelder broke off to accept a sheet of paper from a seaman who had appeared in the doorway , glanced briefly at the message and handed it without a word to Talbot , who read it in turn , muttered something inaudible and swung his legs to the deck . |
| 10 | Kirov broke off to slip the Moskvich out of gear , allowing the van to cruise to a halt by the roadside . |
| 11 | This time last year I was sitting with twenty other people in some dull sixth-form room , being told about participles or Corn Laws by someone no one had ever heard of , and here I am , just one year later , on my own in a solidly built house in North Oxford , a cup of coffee on the floor beside me , giving my views on sense-data to a well-known professional philosopher who then has to break off to take a call from the Prime Minister . |