Example sentences of "we [verb] off [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
2 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
3 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
4 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
5 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
6 | We took off on the last leg for Tromsø . |
7 | We took off into the last of the evening sun in poor visibility and I do not recall seeing any of the aircraft that took-off in front of me rise in the evening murk , I was too busy putting the nose down and squeezing a bit more speed out of the lumbering Whitley as we cleared the boundary . |
8 | So we start off with the first one that you have , this C W , that stands for company worker . |