Example sentences of "it [verb] off [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
2 | It starts off at zero voltage at |
3 | It starts off at some value here and it goes down until eventually when it 's done a certain number of miles the car 's worth nothing . |
4 | It drove off without any siren or light . |
5 | It came off at one stage . |
6 | The work was not written in liturgical order , and Mozart 's own part in it breaks off after eight bars of the Lachrymosa . |
7 | so it just shows you , it started off at one pound twenty on the meter that was |
8 | It forked off in two directions . |
9 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
10 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
11 | ‘ You would n't see it curving off into another dimension , or anything like that ; it would still look perfectly straight . |
12 | And it gives off like one flower a |
13 | Now let it rub off on greedy directors of other companies , especially those recently privatised , who have been giving themselves huge rises while keeping down workers ' pay . |