Example sentences of "comes [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You can buy some special stuff which freezes it so it comes off more easily .
2 An incomplete or sloppy check carried out on the canopy can be lethal , because if it comes off it is a matter of luck whether it hits or misses the tail .
3 The unit goes in the basement , plant room or wherever , and the hotel comes off the grid supply of electricity — although it is sensible to retain a connection for emergencies .
4 The cover over the top allows the moisture which comes off the food to stay beneath the oil and seal it .
5 D1771 comes off the loop with a local trip freight in 1965 .
6 Woodburn Junction box in 1988 as a football special returning to London comes off the truncated remains of the Woodhead line , now devoid of electrification .
7 Pioneer electric ‘ Tommy ’ comes off the August 1964 special at Guide Bridge , leaving B1 61158 to continue to Buxton .
8 It may seem , so far , that in terms of clearly defined benefits , the client comes off best out of the deal .
9 His foster-child comes off best , but in addition each of two nurses receives a tenth of his estate .
10 The discount , running for one year , comes off the C&G base mortgage rate of 8.5% , producing a rate of 6.5% for the first year and an annual percentage rate of 9.3% .
11 The wind comes off the sea so predictably that the first nine , which is played into the wind , was deliberately designed 300 yards shorter than the downwind second nine .
12 As the linker needle comes back towards the knitter , the stitch is in the hook of the linker needle and comes off the machine needle .
13 Sometimes people go for a corner intending to commit themselves , but , although the brain is trying to hold the foot down , it somehow comes off the gas pedal at the very last moment .
14 Start at 900–1000 rpm and , once the needle comes off the peg , slowly increase the revs to about 1500 rpm .
15 When it comes off it is a very fine dish indeed .
16 both arms and comes off the camber
17 So every ten point six minutes , another engine comes off the end .
18 which involves like when the frames comes off the weaving and they 're yarn left , I strip the yarn off .
19 If Plainsong actually comes off it 'll be a big boost for the whole Sovbloc desk .
20 The skirting boards are slightly charred ; a singed smell comes off the rug and curtains .
21 Which soon comes off the shoulder anyway .
22 But at some times your dilemma as a manager you say think well can he just stay on and nick us a goal knowing full well that if if he has he comes off it makes them fairly lightweight .
23 But if my kid comes off a pedestal , the language comes off the pedestal too .
24 But if my kid comes off a pedestal , the language comes off the pedestal too .
25 Martin Ling is injured , so Fitzroy Simpson comes off the bench to play in midfield .
26 If England 's trip comes off it would follow 10 years after they played the last official Test against the Springboks at Johannesburg and would be the perfect dress-rehearsal if South Africa 's strong bid to stage the 1995 World Cup succeeds .
27 Now schools are forecasting more job losses as £7m comes off the education budget .
28 and so you , you 'd have stuck it on the bench you see erm and it comes off anything without making a mark on
29 It will , it just might slide a bit but it will stop sliding when it comes off it .
30 it comes off the grass you see
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