Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] off [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grassy hillside steering you up on to the ridge starts off as a benign little stroll , until you realise it is going to continue forever . |
| 2 | He let the sentence trail off into a silence that vibrated . |
| 3 | Together , the three of them removed the boards which formed the trough and the natron ran off in a tide of white powder on to the floor . |
| 4 | The afternoon kicks off with a tour of the former Delorean complex including a trip around the original test track . |
| 5 | CLEVELAND athletes of the future get off to a flying start today with a new course at Cleveland stadium , Middlesbrough . |
| 6 | The car drove off with a scream of tyres , and Fran shivered in sudden reaction as she watched him go . |
| 7 | The car sets off in a series of lurches across the gravel , for a moment blotting out , or perhaps silencing , the night life . |
| 8 | Then the rider relaxed his legs , the horse moved off into a working trot , the rider rising so much at one with the animal that he in his turn appeared to be performing a piaffe . |
| 9 | The bow went off with a terrible noise , like bones breaking . |
| 10 | She was referred to the town 's main fire station where he met sub-officer John Yoxall and had the bracket cut off with a small hacksaw . |
| 11 | The latest issue of The ARTnewsletter leads off with a report on tax bills , now being studied by committees in both houses of Congress , which are aimed at restoring the fiddle element to tax-deductible museum donations . |
| 12 | The Committee got off to a brisk start at its first meeting . |
| 13 | Yes , I I think , in cer in in most cases that would happen , would n't it , if if if the child starts off with a feeling of insecurity , with possible instability . |
| 14 | The conference kicked off with a swingeing attack on local government reform by Arthur Midwinter , professor of politics at Strathclyde University . |
| 15 | That way , the conference gets off to a good start because people are raring to go and in the right frame of mind . |
| 16 | It is liberally applied and the surplus wiped off with a rag and left to dry . |
| 17 | The team got off to a good start on the general knowledge round , they then had to answer questions connected with local councillors ' work . |
| 18 | Hotel duty manager George Ashou , who was only 10ft from the blast , said : ‘ The bomb went off with a muffled crump . |
| 19 | The evening gets off to a wobbly start , with Liz Robertson 's Maria belting out the title song on an artificial hillside which is anything but alive . |
| 20 | The match kicked off with a parade of golfers , a display from the Red Arrows in the air and the playing of national anthems that included the German , Spanish , British and one for Uncle Sam . |
| 21 | Here , the length will have to be marked on the last piece when it is in position and the excess cut off with a hacksaw . |
| 22 | With soloist , conductor and orchestra on this kind of form , it is no surprise that the Finale goes off like a rocket . |
| 23 | He found that a poor Tambov peasant who harvested 35 pudy of grain from one desiatin of land had to pay 15 pudy of it for the hire of a plough , 7 pudy for having the grain carted off in a richer man 's wagon , and to top it all 7 pudy in tax . |
| 24 | In short , the event got off to a cracking start . |
| 25 | The day started off on a bad note for Jess James from Charlton depot , his car broke down just 15 minutes from The Belfry . |
| 26 | The day started off with a breathing techniques class to help relieve the stress of everyday life and was followed by a Yoga class . |
| 27 | The plastic went off with a smack of solid air that stabbed pain into his ears and moved the container next to him . |
| 28 | Everyone had a potential for narcissism because the baby starts off in a world of its own , in a state of primary narcissism . |
| 29 | The game starts off with a view looking through a camera which can be moved around the course using arrow icons . |
| 30 | The next day , Jellicoe and the guide went off to a nearby village , arranging to meet Bergé and his men on the beach . |