Example sentences of "[vb base] off in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Workers observing it and about to leave on their own foraging , immediately fly off in the direction indicated . |
| 2 | THE HARD ONS , raucous Australians on Vinyl Solution , stop off in the UK on their European tour visiting Birmingham Barrel Organ |
| 3 | Twenty golfers teed off in the Rex Newsam Memorial Trophy golf outing at Ganstead Park — and when the scores were counted , Paul Robinson was the winner . |
| 4 | They had organized a decoy system whereby Carolyn drove Diana 's car to entice her press pursuers away and then Diana would emerge from Coleherne Court and walk off in the other direction . |
| 5 | There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations . |
| 6 | Also , with healthy deciduous trees , the leaves all come with great show every Spring and die off in the Autumn — but more come each successive year cos the tree has grown a bit so the foliage is thicker , more complex in structure — until it dies of course . |
| 7 | But when Neill rows to investigate , he is astonished to see his yacht , complete with his wife and dog , sail off in the opposite direction with the unhinged Zane at the wheel . |
| 8 | The double sweep 1 : both fighters square off in the right stance . |
| 9 | Had too many good notions run off in the night |
| 10 | unc Now finish off in the usual way . |
| 11 | There are rumours that most of the sides which face off in the first weekend of post-season action could be absorbed into a new , more important third tier of the Heineken League structure . |
| 12 | Quite coherent and certain he saw his dad make a phone call from the instrument in the hall and then drive off in the car . |
| 13 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 14 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 15 | We all set off in the car to see a lawyer . |
| 16 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 17 | On a voyage to Kuwait , perhaps to Ahmadi or Khafji , the drill was to pass the Strait of Hormuz in darkness , travelling straight across to Dubai , anchor for the following day and then set off in the evening to take up position off Das Island . |
| 18 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 19 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 20 | We set off in the sunshine and quickly reached Snake Pass |
| 21 | Five minutes after letting the freelined bait drift off in the tide the big shark struck . |
| 22 | It reproduces by releasing single-celled spores which drift off in the sea and grow into new plants . |
| 23 | Sometimes a little block of five or six men would detach itself from the larger mass and drift off in the direction of the track . |
| 24 | ‘ When the alarms go off in the house , they 'll go on in Central Station . |
| 25 | Is not that comment on security even more staggering than the bombs that go off in the city , although all such bombings are to be condemned and deplored ? |
| 26 | When a strong concentration of sodium chloride is placed near to paramecium they turn and go off in the opposite direction . |
| 27 | This will be set to illuminate the tank during the early part of the day , and switch off in the evening when I want to see the fish . |
| 28 | ALTHOUGH there are only four more tournaments to count towards the final Order of Merit , there will be no end-of-season relaxing for the professionals on the European women 's Tour , who tee off in the Laing Charity Classic here today . |
| 29 | Tee off in the garden ! |
| 30 | You start off in the dank dungeons and your aim is to work your way to the top . |