Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] off in the " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 5 | Then I slide off in the direction of New Cross Station . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It reproduces by releasing single-celled spores which drift off in the sea and grow into new plants . |
| 8 | ALTHOUGH there are only four more tournaments to count towards the final Order of Merit , there will be no end-of-season relaxing for the professionals on the European women 's Tour , who tee off in the Laing Charity Classic here today . |
| 9 | You start off in the dank dungeons and your aim is to work your way to the top . |
| 10 | If you do , make a third column and ask the LH to say the first and second words in the " different " column , then the first and third , etc. , as you tick off in the third column the ones that are now different from the new no. 1 . |
| 11 | We set off in the sunshine and quickly reached Snake Pass |
| 12 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 13 | THE earth wo n't move for married astronauts Jan Davis and Mark Lee after they blast off in the shuttle Endeavour tomorrow . |