Example sentences of "[verb] off at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move followed stone-throwing by dozens of people after two youths disputed the fare when they were dropped off at a pub . |
| 2 | She woke a short while later under the impression that she 'd dropped off at a cocktail party . |
| 3 | He saw it break its flight over a dell between the dunes , soar vertically and then head off at an angle . |
| 4 | Like thoroughbred horses chafing at their bits before an important race , they are liable at any moment to sprint off at a hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction . |
| 5 | So if I wanted to find out erm Let's do that one with the the N H S , and this time I want to know how much it 's going to be It starts off at a hundred pounds . |
| 6 | Caroline and the rest of the group , who were raising funds for the BBC 's annual children in Need appeal , stopped off at a Turkish restaurant during their tour of four restaurants in Aberdeen . |
| 7 | Then they built a sand-castle with ramparts and a moat and turrets , and stopped off at a café on their way home and treated themselves to a delicious cream tea . |
| 8 | We stopped off at a few cafes on the way so that we could stretch our legs . |
| 9 | On the way home we stopped off at an alcohol centre and had a pint . |
| 10 | Around the south of Ithaka , stop off at a day anchorage for lunch and a swim , then into Port Vathi , capital of Ithaka . |
| 11 | Sean gathered up the reins and drove off at a smart pace . |
| 12 | with unusual curtness and drove off at a speed which suggested that Darren was about to enjoy a gratifyingly exciting ride . |
| 13 | As they left the turn the French paddled off at a tangent and tried to run the Romanians into the landing pontoon in front of all the VIPs . |
| 14 | Permanent arrears were normally written off at a bishop 's death , so the figures give some indication of the rate at which they accumulated . |
| 15 | But I 've stopped off at a street market on the way over for socks and shirts and thin garish underpants . |
| 16 | after a swift , furtive glance at them , jumped the ditch on the other side of the lane and made off at a run over the fen . |
| 17 | The tail , when bitten , may then be broken off at a weak spot near the base , where there is a slight constriction . |
| 18 | Injection pipettes are made in exactly the same way as holding pipettes except that they are broken off at a smaller internal diameter . |
| 19 | Tom does n't speak much to anyone but to the caddie when he 's in contention and he marches off at a cracking pace . |
| 20 | At the top of the fire-back the filling is smoothed off at an angle of about 45° . |
| 21 | Ah equally um , just to go off at a tangent a bit , um there 're a number of more radical theorists , in particular the um in the Bonnie Burstow book Radical Feminist Therapy , would say that um rather like with other forms of sexual crime , the people who 've been victimised , people who 've survived , are often inclined to say something along the lines of mm y'know did i did I bring it on myself kind of kind of feeling . |
| 22 | In this case the solvent has to be evaporated or boiled off at a low temperature . |
| 23 | These can only be sold off at a loss . |
| 24 | A SET of race ace Nigel Mansell 's tyres are to be sold off at an auction next month for Great Ormond Street Children 's Hospital in London . |
| 25 | ‘ It hardly shows , ’ said Cadfael thoughtfully , going off at a surprising tangent . |
| 26 | Removal of water through artesian wells is held to be the reason why the tower began going off at an angle soon after building work began in 1174 . |
| 27 | When he turned off at a small junction taking a no-through road , she stopped and watched him out of sight . |
| 28 | The groundswell in ‘ Chopin ’ is more urgent than usual , more truly agitato , the final march takes off at a cracking pace , and earlier Cortot , in common with Rachmaninov , includes ‘ Sphinxes ’ , a witty addition and an amusingly dour presence among the clowns and dreamers of Schumann 's masked ball . |
| 29 | For the first since Burns Supper were held in the hall we had to cancel as two main speakers called off at a very late stage . |
| 30 | For the first since Burns Supper were held in the hall we had to cancel as two main speakers called off at a very late stage . |