Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notice was given after 2 minutes , so giving 30 seconds to round off . |
| 2 | We agreed the sixty eight posts to start off the Poll Tax . |
| 3 | 156 cars set off on the rally on Sunday . |
| 4 | From Scotland Yard , Nigel Cramer and six officers set off in two patrol cars , their sirens howling up Whitehall and down the Mall to pick up Park Lane and the road north out of London . |
| 5 | I says , to him , there 's six lights missing off here . |
| 6 | THE Anglo-Italian Cup degenerated into open warfare with another six players sent off in yesterday 's eight games — taking the total of dismissals to 18 in the competition 's 32 games to date . |
| 7 | Mother , father and six children set off first by train in open cattle trucks . |
| 8 | Indeed , it has taken me more than three years to cast off my British cynicism and truly comprehend the value of freedom in America . |
| 9 | Three lanes lead off from it , four if you count the short length from the hospital . |
| 10 | Football : Three Greeks sent off |
| 11 | ‘ A balance … ’ he said softly , then laughed and climbed up out of his seat , making his way down the short gangway , the three servants standing off to one side of him as he passed , their heads bowed low . |
| 12 | Every day there 've been two to three flights taking off from Zagreb and flying across disputed territory to Sarajevo . |
| 13 | The FA will also investigate Dunstable 's bizarre exit from the FA Cup on Saturday when the entire team walked off in their second-round qualifying tie at Staines after having three players sent off in the first 38 minutes . |
| 14 | The Jags have unearthed a highly unusual talent in Chic Charnley , a forward with a feel for the unexpected , but he will face a physical examination against Falkirk , who have already had three players sent off in one match this season . |
| 15 | Dunstable had three players sent off , the rest left the field in protest and the match was called off and awarded to Staines . |
| 16 | ‘ Unfortunately , the referee completely lost it and we had three players sent off . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Two Turkish teams have had three players sent off in the same European match . |
| 18 | The three players walked off to the next tee . |
| 19 | They watched the three girls pair off with their brothers and go off in different directions . |
| 20 | After a long day filming , our three Busmen went off with notes on everything from the capital of Grand Cayman to the flag of Ougodogoland . |
| 21 | And I can see this er this woman with her three children go off to the workhouse and er they was crying but they were waving and then all the neighbours was out waving to them . |
| 22 | In order to break the boredom of hanging around hotels sipping soft drinks — Torino had advisedly banned Law and Baker from drinking alcohol in public — the three men took off in Baker 's Alfa Romeo sports car . |
| 23 | The three men got off together , still avidly discussing Graham Greene . |
| 24 | The three men set off again in the Sunbeam , touring the stores of Ruislip and Eastcote , making purchases with their newly acquired Barclaycard . |
| 25 | The three explorers set off beside the brook , while Hazel led the other rabbits across the field and up to the edge of the woodland . |
| 26 | The first , and hardest to resist , was that Charles Frezeli , another MC/10 agent , had just been assassinated in Beirut , leaving three others cut off from contact who had to be brought out before they , too , were killed or induced to talk . |
| 27 | She estimated it would take her 11 years to pay off the debt . |
| 28 | if if I 'm bumped off that thirty thousand pounds go off to , goes to pay the mortgage . |
| 29 | In Sarajevo , UN planes had already started landing at the airport before the formal announcement by the Bosnian capital that it would accept the aid , ending a protest mounted because UN relief was not getting through to 100,000 Muslims cut off by Serbs in eastern Bosnia . |
| 30 | It happened shortly after 500 athletes set off on the Rowntree Athletic Club 's 10-mile road race at the weekend . |