Example sentences of "[vb past] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | charged off against each other 's . |
| 2 | When the harvester moved off into another field , I moved in . |
| 3 | With the nine survivors on board the lifeboat moved off into deeper water and the two men checked the vessel . |
| 4 | We completed it once with two groups of people , one starting from either end , with the ingenious plan to meet and exchange car keys half way along A marvellous scheme , except when we met , finished lunch and moved off in separate directions , we forgot the all-important handover . |
| 5 | He realised this would be Springfield 's cordon of beaters driving the escaping sect heavies towards the highway , and he moved off in that direction himself . |
| 6 | has n't any proper name like this cos these are private houses and estate are council houses but the built at top of was called the Old Plantation and the Old Plantation that 's when the first houses were built then of course when you er find the company first started which er Old Plantation is right opposite erm and when you came along past you then branched off to that 's all fields and you came down as far as and then you branched off to . |
| 7 | The driver 's home was en route so we stopped off for mint tea there . |
| 8 | But we stopped off for half an hour as well . |
| 9 | At this point , as often happened , his thoughts wandered off into irrelevant philosophical channels . |
| 10 | Mahoney wandered off to another part of the room , leaving Donna to study the canvas more closely . |
| 11 | His putts wandered off in all directions , so he did n't hole a lot . |
| 12 | That traditional patriarchy , two classes walled off from each other yet co-existent , is disturbed by the elevation of a farmhouse into a cottage ornee ‘ with its viranda , French windows , and other prettinesses ’ , for this contends with the great house for the traveller 's eye . |
| 13 | And they drove off into another amazing wall of water . |
| 14 | We drove off to another barracks in Lille where we were taken individually into an office occupied by a portly Major ; he handed each of us a pile of papers and we were told to sign each one at the bottom . |
| 15 | He loaded farmhands , ladders , rope and planks into a small lorry , and drove off at top speed towards Windmill Hill , Angela in the seat beside him . |
| 16 | One beltless man , in an official car , signalled to turn right into the car park , saw our photographer , abruptly changed his mind and drove off at high speed down the street . |
| 17 | Anyway , she drove off at high speed , ignoring all senso unicos , and finally crashed into a bollard by the ospedale . |
| 18 | As other police cars arrived at the scene the two men raced across the central reservation and drove off at high speed to be chased later by PC Whitehouse and WPC Larkin . |
| 19 | As they drove off with some fast acceleration , Rose said , ‘ She 's probably out , anyway . |
| 20 | It drove off without any siren or light . |
| 21 | Occasionally he sneaked off to one side and had a good long suck at a silver flask . |
| 22 | This week 's sin was lust but the comic , as usual , veered off in many different directions with a whole host of weird and wonderful off-beat observations . |
| 23 | It came off at one stage . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh no , it was a miracle that came off at all . ’ |
| 25 | Twice I came off at that spot . |
| 26 | The chain was faulty , and came off at regular intervals . |
| 27 | Flu victims Steve Gaughan , who was absent from Tuesday 's disastrous defeat by Reading , and Garry Hinchley , who played but came off at half time , are slowly recovering , and should be ready for consideration . |
| 28 | We went on to do a good matinée performance and came off to thunderous applause and whistles of appreciation . |
| 29 | The helicopters lifted off at 1030 hours . |
| 30 | The colonel lifted off at 3.31 p.m . |