Example sentences of "the [noun pl] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pole jerks the hunters off in the right direction rather like a heavyweight human-diviner . |
| 2 | To complete the back of the chair it only remains to insert the three vertical splats , once again marking the shoulders off from the upper and lower back rail . |
| 3 | McFarland and Adams got the visitors off to a good start putting on 35 for the first wicket . |
| 4 | We will discover whether there is a real commitment or whether it is simply words which they hope that the Scottish public will forget were ever uttered so that in the fullness of time they can shunt the companies off to the private sector to do with them as it will . |
| 5 | The other frustration of watching on TV is hearing the low rumble of chatter , unexplained laughter , heckles and shouts , like the noises off in a Russian drama , but being unable to see the source . |
| 6 | This has been done in a similar fashion to Martin 's approach , where the fret ends are chopped off square and then individually rounded , rather than by running a fret file down the sides of the neck and lopping all the ends off at a 45 degree angle . |
| 7 | Several hours later Sten found a warden who sailed out to the island and dropped the guys off on the nearest bit of mainland . |