Example sentences of "and [verb] off [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | The eggs remain in the damp sand , safe from marine predators , until they hatch out fifteen days later and swim off on the next high spring tide . |
2 | Get on the train and get off at the third [ or fourth or fifth ] stop . |
3 | Waggoner quietly got to his feet and walked off down the 17th . |
4 | Buck got down in two for a par and strode off to the 18th tee two strokes in the lead . |
5 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |
6 | Disconsolately , we got back into the rickshaws and set off to the next address . |
7 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
8 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
9 | He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right . |