Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I push off into the bright sunshine , and across the playground . |
| 2 | I head off along the road and make for Deptford High Street , swinging my bag of clothes like I was going on holiday . |
| 3 | I cut off from the lane up towards Great Coum and the Megger Stones . |
| 4 | I ca n't see what Andy 's doing because the man 's body is in the way , but then Andy hits into him , bowling him backwards and he shouts and I wriggle away from them ; I scramble off through the ferns on all fours and then stop and look back and the man 's got Andy , he 's struggling with him , leaning over him , folding him , pressing him down , and Andy 's breathing hard , grunting , trying to break free . |
| 5 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
| 6 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 7 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 8 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 9 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 10 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 11 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 12 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 13 | I set off up the stairs . |
| 14 | Once I had unpacked , I set off down the lane to have a look at the Round Tower before dark . |
| 15 | Bright and early next morning , I set off down the lane to work , my drawing pad and pens in my jauntily swinging plastic bag . |
| 16 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 17 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 18 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 19 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 20 | A long ridge-walk requires an early start , and a companion and I set off from the hotel at 8.30 , toast crumbs still trembling on our lips , to attain the ridge by the first peak , Creag a' Mhaim . |
| 21 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
| 22 | That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning . |
| 23 | As I drift off into the aisle , I see Lil gliding back towards our stand , escorting a pair of avenging angels . |
| 24 | Well , summer is well and truly with us — though as I write I ca n't decide whether to pack my industrial strength waterproofs or my total block sun cream when I go off to the Peak District this weekend . |
| 25 | I do n't — I just say thank you and goodbye , then I go off up the road . |
| 26 | And then with shoulders bunched and my eyes on the messed pavement I shuffle off down the drinker , and sit with tankard and tabloid in the comer by the fire . |
| 27 | Then I slide off in the direction of New Cross Station . |
| 28 | There are rumours that most of the sides which face off in the first weekend of post-season action could be absorbed into a new , more important third tier of the Heineken League structure . |
| 29 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |
| 30 | It reproduces by releasing single-celled spores which drift off in the sea and grow into new plants . |