Example sentences of "[noun] could [vb infin] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Open race fans could kick off the week with a Crayford treble in tonight 's heats of the Carlsberg Vase . |
| 2 | Small animals could live off the whisps of yellow grass that persisted in growing , and large animals could live off the small animals . |
| 3 | Small animals could live off the whisps of yellow grass that persisted in growing , and large animals could live off the small animals . |
| 4 | In strictly layman 's terms , the amount of additional engine-weight and fuel that any supersonic aircraft could get off the ground would give a few minutes of sub-orbital time , if that . |
| 5 | Dalglish 's mutli-million pound crusade for a Premier League place could come off the rails if his side do not win . |
| 6 | The amount of hot air likely to be generated over the 12 days could trigger off the kind of chain reaction that global warming scientists only refer to in hushed tones . |
| 7 | In this cake-and-eat-it arrangement , no one possessor could sell off the estate , yet in Johnson 's view , the landowner should have enough over and above the inheritance to bargain with , should he need to raise cash by sale or mortgage , but never so much as to disinherit his succeeding generations . |
| 8 | The danger here is that this ballooning could cut off the emergency cooling water altogether . |
| 9 | However careful the oil companies are , there is every chance a similar tragedy to the Shetlands could happen off the south or west Wales coasts . |
| 10 | Er plus the fact your hands could slip off the wheel or or whatever . |