Example sentences of "[conj] they come off the " in BNC.

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1 Erm some additional sidings , mills over here , some additional sidings were put in , in the early part of this century , and they came off the this track erm just this side of on the left hand side of the level crossing , erm and went er up to a dead end er just along in the right hand side , er over now towards where factory is .
2 Whatever their basis in nefarious dealings , misunderstood intelligence , or dreams , noble things were being attempted , and if they came off the world would have cause to be grateful .
3 ‘ I think back to people like Allan Clarke , who were annoyed if they came off the pitch without scoring a goal .
4 and er if they come off the leads you see
5 Erm I think it 's , I hope you 'll agree , that it 's absolutely essential and , and I hope that you , your reward will be the smiling faces of the youngsters when they come off the water during the year .
6 As they came off the S-Bahn trains , drove their battered Trabants across the border crossing , or just walked through , they pinched themselves in disbelief .
7 These commandos then blew a gap in the road and withdrew under covering fire from HMS Oribi and HMS Onslow , the former picking them up in her ship 's boats as they came off the beach .
8 I 'm sure that none of the Springbok players will have felt like that as they came off the pitch , but , in the long run , the losses will benefit them .
9 Medieval travellers usually had to pick a way over boggy ground as they came off the hills .
10 Betty began in 1945 working in the despatch department , unloading hanks of yarn as they came off the dryer .
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