Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WORLD-BEATING Merseyside high jumper Steve Smith leapt into a war of words with chief coach Frank Dick after learning he must jump off with rival Dalton Grant for a place in the British European Cup team . |
| 2 | If the hair should snap off from the tear , it may drift for many kilometres on the wind , falling slowly , and come to rest a long way down-wind from the vent . |
| 3 | Please be aware that there will be quite a few people using the bridge around 0830 , although this should ease off towards 0900 . |
| 4 | Now , though , I must float off to Paris . |
| 5 | But the hard work now should pay off in the spring with a fine show of bluebells . |
| 6 | If , however , the dance told the bees where to go , they should go off to the wrong place ( depending on where Gould had put the light bulb ) . |
| 7 | These should pass off within two or three days . |
| 8 | Each district to be balloted to produce its squad for the six thousand , and if the ballot brings up your name , ’ he paused again and saw the hundreds of eyes fixed on his , ‘ then you must go off to the Army , or else pay £10 to hire a substitute . |
| 9 | As Nietzsche wrote , ‘ The Germans are a people of the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow ’ Germany , like a happy wanderer , must go off in search of its fortune , shaking off parental tutelage and political adolescence . |
| 10 | He says that at the beginning of the relationship he wrestled with himself , knowing that he should back off from Mandy . |
| 11 | That I should back off from a story that I know needs to be brought out into the open ? |
| 12 | We must get off on the right foot . ’ |
| 13 | The debate has the style of a Westminster confrontation , and you get the strong impression that even the complete no-hopers must sneak off at home to lie in the bath to practise cries of ‘ shame ’ , ‘ hear , hear ’ and other parliamentary harrumphing . |
| 14 | Okay , so they 've other P H I benefit , that must come off of the equation , because we , otherwise we 'll be paying it as well as another insurance company , which mean he 'll be better off financially , by being off work sick , yes . |
| 15 | The next time the hon. Gentleman is on the train for Newcastle he should get off at Darlington and I will arrange a guided tour of that project for him . |
| 16 | At Newbury this afternoon Richard Dunwoody , left behind with only 20 successes so far by the lightning Scudamore , should kick off with a winner on Atlaal , trained by John Jenkins . |
| 17 | Mental-health promotion programmes in the Third World must start off with clear aims before seeking help and advice from Western countries . |
| 18 | I must start off by highlighting a sad position in my o my own region , and that 's the demise of Camel Laird , another once-great ship building company . |
| 19 | The no boundary proposal for the universe predicts the existence of a well-defined thermodynamic arrow of time because the universe must start off in a smooth and ordered state . |
| 20 | ‘ I dare say the novelty must wear off after a time . ’ |
| 21 | The bowling rate for each batsman should start off at Slow for the first ‘ over ’ of six balls , then go to Medium for the next over , and Fast for the third over ; this sequence then repeating if the same batsman is still at the crease . |
| 22 | At present we ourselves consider that any treatment programme , whether homoeopathic or otherwise , should start off with attention to diet . |
| 23 | One good reason why such people ( if they want to become anthropologists ) should start off by studying a cultural system which is radically different from their own is that they can thereby undergo the traumatic experience of discovering that , in other societies , this deeply emotive private/public distinction may operate in quite a different way . |
| 24 | It may snap off from the arm |
| 25 | If it is only 20 francs , Father will perhaps give me another 10 … and then I 'll rush off at tremendous speed . ’ |
| 26 | Or are you afraid I 'll make off with the family jewels ? ’ |
| 27 | Then collect me and we 'll head off to the Yard to deal with the mess that 's going on there . ’ |
| 28 | Right can we just we 'll finish off with a prayer . |
| 29 | But we 'll finish off with erm Adam 's enthusiastic er er new album . |
| 30 | I 'll send off for some stuff . |