Example sentences of "[vb -s] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every few seconds , it stops , executes a pirouette with its head lifted and then dashes off in another direction . |
| 2 | Pandarus ' prose not only proves that he does n't take Troilus seriously , so turning our reaction towards a scepticism that stands off from full involvement , but in time it establishes the speaker as a matter-of-fact fixer , who is not only alien to romance but coarsens whatever he touches . |
| 3 | As far away from bleeping techno ambience as they are from indie grunge guitars , their debut EP , ‘ This Is Freaky Realistic ’ , strides boldly across four decades ( from Dylan to Da Lench Mob ) , musical genres ( funk , rock , folk , hip-hop and pop ) , and heads off into some hitherto uncharted dimension . |
| 4 | It starts off at zero voltage at |
| 5 | 4 to 5 is relatively easy and if someone starts off at 5 they do n't need any persuading at all ( attempts to persuade them may irritate them so much that they start to move to the left ! ) . |
| 6 | It starts off at some value here and it goes down until eventually when it 's done a certain number of miles the car 's worth nothing . |
| 7 | It then starts off on another ‘ rodent-run ’ , watching to see if it is followed . |
| 8 | It starts off with that . |
| 9 | It 's part of an education philosophy which I must remind erm which I must remind you starts off with local financial management of schools within the Education Service erm prior to local financial management County Hall was big brother . |
| 10 | Newcastle upon Tyne , a city of 273 000 people and regional capital of the north east , starts off with several advantages for community care . |
| 11 | No I did n't put it on last night , but I did leave me heating on , it clicks off at nine o'clock , but the house was warm |
| 12 | Er , it strikes me with the , with the comedy , he 's trying to be so funny that he shoots off at all these angles and not having |
| 13 | The magic rubs off at many removes . |
| 14 | The fact that professionals share the prevailing social attitudes is underlined by Alison Norman : ‘ The poor image of old age inevitably rubs off on those who are working in this field . |
| 15 | The plot flies off in all directions . |
| 16 | An investigation is considered successful if the claimant signs off within 2 weeks of being contacted by an investigation officer , but it is hard to differentiate these from those who would have signed off anyway . |
| 17 | Milan : Shares ended weaker but above their lows , with the MIB seven points off at 1,164 . |
| 18 | The FT-SE 100 index of leading shares dropped 42 points to 2,270 on the announcement of the base rate increase to 15 per cent , but rallied and closed on Thursday only 30.5 points off at 2,281.6 . |
| 19 | However , officers from Halton Borough Council will be on hand to ensure the event goes off with minimum disturbance to residents living around Naughton Park . |
| 20 | I think in a community one does come across practical snags , like for example the differences become very marked between the businessman who goes off at eight in the morning and comes back at six , week in week out , year in year out , with perhaps sort of three or four weeks holiday , and the university men who appear to be around an awful lot of the time and appear to have a lot of holiday . |
| 21 | Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off |
| 22 | it starts at quarter to eight , goes off at ten . |
| 23 | cos my alarm clock goes off at half-seven , it goes cockle-doodle-doo ! |
| 24 | He arrives spot on time , is introduced in 15 words and goes off at high speed . |
| 25 | Oh I mean I do n't want it to be a party where everybody goes off into different rooms , you know ? |
| 26 | He goes off in one or other of the ships whenever he feels like it , which is pretty well all the time , nowadays . |
| 27 | Right in the middle of an expanse of orderly herringbone there can be a patch , identical to the rest except that it is twisted round at a different angle so that the ‘ weave ’ goes off in another direction . |
| 28 | No one goes off like that any more . |
| 29 | The new series kicks off with brilliant action shots taken at SummerSlam , the record breaking Wembley event . |
| 30 | THE new set kicks off with brilliant action shots of Ultimate Warrior and Brett ‘ Hit Man ’ Hart at SummerSlam , the record-breaking Wembley event . |