Example sentences of "[vb infin] off in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watch that brickwork dry off in the sun , it 'll be as pale as the arch , here , in ten minutes . |
| 2 | So many people give up because , after the elation of seeing the pounds fall off in the first few days , they lose heart when weight loss slows down . |
| 3 | it does n't fall off in the soup , it never falls off , it 's only the ones you see on the advertisements that fall off . |
| 4 | Some have even kept their tattoos hidden from their children and have been reluctant to explain why they will not peel off in the sun . ’ |
| 5 | Wash your cans up erm and er and then they 'd go and finish off in the corn fields . |
| 6 | At half-time a note was passed to the Scottish dressing-room telling the young striker that he would be shot if he did not ease off in the second half . |
| 7 | Flynn and his pals clean up Dodge only to feel suffocated by a town so decent it ai n't fit for a man to live in and head off in a joke finish for the still-wild Virginia City , which Flynn cleaned up in an unconnected follow-up . |
| 8 | Bristleworms of all sizes should always be handled with forceps ; those fluffy white spines can break off in the fishkeeper 's skin . |
| 9 | Well , I daresay you 'd know I would n't nod off in the normal way . |
| 10 | It 's not the sort of thing you can dash off in a couple of months . |
| 11 | The surface of the etch-resist ink might wash off in the developer but a layer of ink can still be left on the board , because the UV light has not had enough time to penetrate all the way through the resist . |
| 12 | U2 have confirmed full details of their UK dates , ending months of speculation about where and when the band 's Zoo TV tour will stop off in the UK . |
| 13 | He will stop off in the town on his way from London to his constituency in Scotland . |
| 14 | Weighed down by a burden of ‘ domestic Sorrows & external disappointments ’ that threatened to overwhelm him , he turned once again to Tom Poole — ‘ my dear , very dear Friend ’ — and on about 15 May set off in the carrier 's van for Stowey . |
| 15 | It is useful to quote the size of the repeat when ordering fabric for curtains or blinds so that you do not cut off in the middle of a formalized pattern . |
| 16 | They would take off in the event of a German cut , which would make lower UK rates more likely . |
| 17 | So , if you have to cope with recrimination , invidious comparisons and abuse from your son or daughter , take the long view and remain solid and safe ; it may be painful for you , but it will pay off in the longer term . |
| 18 | It 's very easy to be swept along when you 're feeling enthusiastic , but enforced spells of patience can pay off in the end . |
| 19 | Members of the farm attractions group hope their initiative will pay off in the form of more visitors . |
| 20 | But the hard work now should pay off in the spring with a fine show of bluebells . |
| 21 | Another former Conservative Cabinet minister , David Howell , chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , praised the Budget as a ‘ balanced and prudent ’ statement which would pay off in the long term . |
| 22 | The party leadership 's case — that the Scottish Secretary would be forced to select councillors to sit on the Committee of the Regions from a list supplied by the four parties , and this was a key concession which would pay off in the long term — was acknowledged by committee members . |
| 23 | He let his voice trail off in the hope that Naseby would not enquire further into such a delicate matter . |
| 24 | If they formulate detailed hypotheses and produce elaborate questionnaires or interview schedules without first carrying out informal interviews they may well go off in a completely fruitless direction and have only themselves to blame when they end up with several hundred completed forms , none of which have asked the right questions about the right key factors . |
| 25 | And she sang a few bars into the mouthpiece , swaying a little , watching the lights go off in the theatre . |
| 26 | I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’ |
| 27 | Almost exactly a year later , a bomb did go off in the basement car park during the evening rush hour , causing many minor casualties , and about £350m in damage , about ten per cent of which was ultimately reinsured in the London market . |
| 28 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 29 | The older horses would immediately thunder off in the opposite direction and the youngsters would immediately follow . |
| 30 | It is often better to bite your lip and let pupils charge off in the ‘ wrong ’ direction , because the more of this kind of work you do the less you will be able to define ‘ wrong ’ . |