Example sentences of "[to-vb] off in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other alternative is just to go off in that corner over there . |
| 2 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
| 3 | They tended , however , to go off in different directions . |
| 4 | to cast off in small groups but it also gives a neat edge without the stepped edge that usually occurs . |
| 5 | The transmission has undergone a major change to a four-speed unit , sourced from General Motors , and has been provided with the now-obligatory sports and economy programmes , plus a winter mode which allows the system to start off in second gear . |
| 6 | These doubts , hard to pin down , because reason easily disposed of them all , crystallised around the fact that Comrade Andrew too often smelled of drink ; she could not bring herself to criticise him for his partiality to the goose-girl , because she had learned so long ago and so thoroughly simply to switch off in this area . |
| 7 | As the woman returned with their carafe of wine and their water , she proceeded to reel off in rapid Italian the various dishes of the day . |
| 8 | [ Name ] found a small driveway in front of some shops and we parked there , which allowed us to speed off in either direction after the vehicle , should it appear . |
| 9 | The next time they feel it necessary to spout off in such an ill-informed , ill-advised and half-cocked manner over the issue of immigration , perhaps Councillors and should remind themselves that some of the most severe immigration laws were actually introduced by a Labour Home Secretary . |
| 10 | There is a great natural temptation for new members to cast doubts on the worth of pursuing an existing project and to want to push off in new directions . |
| 11 | The enterprise which had begun to take off in Napoleonic Paris had undoubtedly made enormous progress ; far more was known about the world than had been a generation or two earlier . |
| 12 | Alpha as a transaction processing engine would begin to take off in 1994 , he predicted , by which time 5,000 applications would be ready . |
| 13 | Lotus 's engineering consultancy began to take off in 1981 under Rudd 's guidance . |
| 14 | Now the sport the Americans call their summer game … baseball is beginning to take off in this country … the city of Gloucester has just launched its own team … the Meteors … |
| 15 | An important feature was the establishment of specific aircraft performance requirements , that is to say the ability of an aircraft to be able to take off in given circumstances within a specified distance and also to come to a stop after landing in not more than a specified length of runway . |
| 16 | Pop this in a 2U flight case with an effects unit , and you 're ready to take off in some considerable style … |