Example sentences of "[to-vb] off on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has attempted to come off on several occasions and at the time of interview was undergoing methadone withdrawal and has been heroin-free for two months . ‘ |
| 2 | They were altogether sharper and funnier , liable to dash off on little fantasy runs . |
| 3 | He showed us his collection of guns , taking them down from their racks and handing them out to us as if we were about to set off on some dangerous mission . |
| 4 | ‘ Whoever woulda thought a lad could leave such a pretty little gal to go off on some faraway adventure , eh ? ’ |
| 5 | Her cheeks were pink with excitement , her eyes shiny and bright , as though she was getting ready to go off on some adventure . |
| 6 | He also claimed that there was " no independent constitutional authority for Congress to go off on investigatory frolics of its own " . |
| 7 | Budgetary concerns and the drive for self-sufficiency ( UX No 374 ) , are forcing OSF to retract back to a few core technologies like DCE , DME and Motif , and to hold off on any further technology requests . |
| 8 | Mr Girt , you have er your chance , to kick off on this one . |
| 9 | Amanda , do you want to kick off on this ? |
| 10 | Working just from engineering drawings , the skilled machinist will decide the sequence of cuts to be made , how fast he will run the machine , and how much material to take off on each cut ( the ‘ speed and feed ’ ) , and will control manually each of the levers and screws on the machine which control each aspect of its operation . |