Example sentences of "off in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 2 | There is a sense in which each novel of his is an opinion of his , coextensive with the work itself and rather hard , as a rule , to read off in summary . |
| 3 | Instead of a secondary fermentation in the cask to add a full , mature palate , keg beers are killed off in the brewery by a number of unnatural processes that affect the taste and quality of the product . |
| 4 | A pilot taking off in rain on a winch or car launch is at risk with any type of glider unless the launch is faster than normal . |
| 5 | Robertson — fresh ink , and we will round it off in style . |
| 6 | I would be better off in Canada , free of all these tethers . ’ |
| 7 | I like taking my clothes off in the sun . ’ |
| 8 | She climbed onto the bike and set off in the direction from which she had come , gathering speed as she descended . |
| 9 | We all wave goodbye to my father on the stoop as he is taken off in a little red car . |
| 10 | If you do n't have them , use manual valves to adjust the radiators or turn them off in rooms not in use . |
| 11 | Instead of a secondary fermentation in the cask to add a full , mature palate , keg beers are killed off in the brewery by filtration , chilling and pasteurisation . |
| 12 | In The Possessed , the conspirators have enticed their victim to a dark remote spot where nothing will be seen or heard , and have done the deed and tied two heavy stones to the body so that it is sure to sink , and have carried it to a pond and thrown it in : then , ‘ With extraordinary carelessness ’ they overlook that cap which has no doubt fallen off in the struggle , and which the police will soon find . |
| 13 | A very young man has shot himself and ‘ we ’ ride off in an inquisitive Gadarene ‘ cavalcade ’ ( ‘ our ladies had never seen a suicide ’ ) to view the corpse ; ‘ everything 's so boring ’ — recall Marya Lebyadkin 's words — ‘ one ca n't afford to be squeamish about one 's amusements so long as they are fun ’ ; and Lyamshin , the man who gets himself asked to parties to mimic women in labour , new-born babies , and peasants in the confessional , steals a bunch of grapes from the room of death . |
| 14 | A different sort of jamboree , arguably of greater use to mankind , kicks off in Oslo on Thursday , when the Nobel Peace Prize is announced . |
| 15 | The FA will also investigate Dunstable 's bizarre exit from the FA Cup on Saturday when the entire team walked off in their second-round qualifying tie at Staines after having three players sent off in the first 38 minutes . |
| 16 | The FA will also investigate Dunstable 's bizarre exit from the FA Cup on Saturday when the entire team walked off in their second-round qualifying tie at Staines after having three players sent off in the first 38 minutes . |
| 17 | Tootal 's 50 per cent stake in Da Gama , the South African textile business , is being sold off in five tranches , the second of which came through in this half bringing £3.3m of profits with it . |
| 18 | Dunstable withdrew yesterday from the FA Cup , but face disciplinary action after their remaining players walked off in the 38th minute of the tie at Staines after the referee Stephen Head sent off a third member of their team . |
| 19 | Dragging himself through the daily routine which gets him into his beige-toned synthetic fibres and out of his neo-neo house , he roars off in his Jag ( number plate , VIC 100 ) , fag in mouth , Carly Simon on cassette , ready to take on the world . |
| 20 | Robin Engelman , who coped patiently with the percussion part here , had a marginally less exciting time in Bruce Mather 's Gatinara , where easy-going alternations of viola and marimba once took off in a bout of vigorous hocketing , but not for long . |
| 21 | This , together with depot refurbishment and tighter controls , will enable the group to deal with any falling off in demand , according to Sir Matthew . |
| 22 | Most managers have already used up that leeway since share option schemes took off in 1985 . |
| 23 | Some British armoured cars came and began shooting from a distance , and in the chaos I shouted out to four or five brother officers and we drove off in a truck . |
| 24 | At this point the stunt that was being pulled off in the music found its visual equivalent rising to meet it . |
| 25 | But since Rayful 's father started him off in the business with a packet of cocaine from New York , prosecutors allege that Mr Edmond has built up a vast business concern , generating sales of up to $2m ( £1.25m ) a week . |
| 26 | The Jags have unearthed a highly unusual talent in Chic Charnley , a forward with a feel for the unexpected , but he will face a physical examination against Falkirk , who have already had three players sent off in one match this season . |
| 27 | The two had lived together on and off in London for 10 years . |
| 28 | The strong tactics have paid off in the case of the prison officers , who went back to work last week , but there is increasing concern on how to deal with the tax collectors . |
| 29 | They were guilty of lax marking as Scunthorpe took the lead from two crosses aimed without challenge , and weakened by Baker 's sending off in the 36th minute , a pathetic flourish of petulance . |
| 30 | Berg implies that they settled for a stable relationship , Frances acting the perfect Hollywood wife and ultimately finding consolation in religion , while Sam 's unspent emotions were burned off in work . |