Example sentences of "[vb -s] off at [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It starts off at zero voltage at |
| 2 | 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 ! ) . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Milan : Shares ended weaker but above their lows , with the MIB seven points off at 1,164 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | it starts at quarter to eight , goes off at ten . |
| 9 | cos my alarm clock goes off at half-seven , it goes cockle-doodle-doo ! |
| 10 | Frank Fahey , the Irish Minister for Sport , told RTE that the situation demanded that they broadcast Hungary v Spain , which kicks off at five o'clock — a suggestion which brought a mind-your-own-business response from their head of sport , Tim O'Connor . |
| 11 | The fun kicks off at 12 noon tomorrow on St Mary 's playing fields , Little Crosby . |
| 12 | They 're topping the bill in the Central Match Live which kicks off at ten to three . |
| 13 | Gloucester v South Africa kicks off at seven tomorrow night … |