Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He criticises their lack of any real depth of Gaelic culture , and with the exception of Machair , which has got off to an excellent start , all the other programmes seem to be shallow or merely ‘ Mickey Mouse ’ . |
| 2 | MainSoft , which intends to branch off into development environments and generic tools in the next 12 months , started shipping product in Europe in December . |
| 3 | ‘ Contacts at professional and academic level , seminars , familiarisation with techniques , will build up a rapport which tends to pay off in the long run , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The Brasserie , which they had hoped would equal L'Auberge 's trade , has only averaged 60 covers per day , and L'Auberge itself has fallen off from 90 in 1984 to 75 in 1985 . |
| 5 | What if she has run off with this Garry ? |
| 6 | ‘ You will wake Widow MacIntosh — ‘ She is not here , you fool — she has gone off with the mob . ’ |
| 7 | She has switched off from any responsibility for her own life . |
| 8 | ‘ She 'll be here in an hour or so , when she has dried off from her boat trip with Polidori . |
| 9 | ‘ She loves going off on adventures , like trekking in Nepal or somewhere . ’ |
| 10 | Like her mum , she 's sent off for a cat catalogue , she got it , you know within thirteen days I think it was . |
| 11 | ‘ She 's gone off with another bloke , bet you anything . ’ |
| 12 | We 're hoping against hope that she 's gone off with a friend or a boyfriend and will get in touch with her parents . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm Norma , Dana 's flatmate , but she 's not here ; she 's gone off with her lover-boy — I do n't know where . ’ |
| 14 | Her friend , next door , she 's gone off to Australia to see her daughter . |
| 15 | She 's gone off to erm Isle of Wight . |
| 16 | Kirsty she said , I said , I said Foxy cos she 's got off with Foxy |
| 17 | However , I 'm very much looking forward to being a member of N C V O as well as being a consumer of its excellent services , and while I 've got the the platform , I 'd like to take this opportunity to wish Judy every success as Director of N C V O. I think she 's got off to a marvellous start , and I 'm sure that N C V O's gon na flourish under her leadership . |
| 18 | I 'm saying everything 's turned off at the moment , alright ? |
| 19 | And he gives it to him and the man goes and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes get off of this train , now ! |
| 20 | And the Chinese man goes an and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes get off of my boat ! |
| 21 | As you know he is very confused and if he has wandered off by mistake who knows what will happen to him . |
| 22 | It has kicked off with its high-quality-low-cost JP250 printer which harnesses the new bubble-jet technology developed by partner Canon Inc , with which Olivetti has a joint licensing agreement ( CI No 1,888 ) . |
| 23 | Perceived as a change of means rather than ends , it has passed off without public discussion of the goals , methods or results . |
| 24 | Now you 'll see him in a moment , he this guy driving he wants to go off on a slip road . |
| 25 | It tends to die off after a year unless the side shoots are removed . |
| 26 | a new house , brand new house , you know , then he gets carted off to Hungary for five fucking weeks then |
| 27 | He keeps going off into cloud cuckoo land ! |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's gone off to the High Court , sir . ’ |
| 29 | the train 's gone past and it 's gone off to Clarkeston , which is five minutes up the road and then you 've got to wait until it comes back again . |
| 30 | It 's gotten off of me . |