Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] off a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The entrance to the Casa Sciorto led off a narrow side-street , its huge carved door embellished with massive brass door-knockers in the shape of diving dolphins . |
| 2 | STEFFI GRAF shook off a sluggish start against Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere by winning 12 of the last 13 games to roar into the U.S. Open final at Flushing Meadow . |
| 3 | Manville peeled off a twenty , tucking it into the man 's palm . |
| 4 | Of course Carvill 's Hill started off a dead cert , yet he limped home badly beaten . |
| 5 | TOYOTA 'S first cars rolled off a new assembly line in Derbyshire yesterday — as Ford announced 1,180 job losses . |
| 6 | The wool gave off a friendly smell of the dogs who had been lying on it . |
| 7 | The light glinted off a white tower at the very summit of the hill , and Riven caught the glitter of metal on the battlements as a helmet or spear blade caught the sun . |
| 8 | Still sitting as if he was in the saddle , the Corporal loosed off a defiant burst , then swung over and down to us . |
| 9 | 2.50:DAVID Nicholson pulled off a tremendous training performance when Duntree won at Cheltenham after two years off the track . |
| 10 | It took a wicked deflection but goalkeeper Thomson brought off a superb save . |
| 11 | Rachaela reeled off a book-established fact . |
| 12 | The burning heather curls gave off a bright , intense heat but burned quickly , and they each took their turn at collecting a pile so the fire could be kept going through part of the night at least . |
| 13 | Parrella held off a spirited fightback from 23-year-old McMahon to win 21–19 . |
| 14 | FORTY-FIVE people were killed last night when an excursion coach careered off a Spanish motorway and plunged down a steep embankment . |
| 15 | There were checks to be done , now that Hess had replaced the mechanic , so Karlheinz backed off a few paces with the camera . |
| 16 | Word is that IBM Corp showed off a PowerPC-based personal digital assistant at the Downsizing Japan Expo earlier this month . |
| 17 | Elsewhere a lone swimmer fought off a chilling exhaustion , his senses dulled by three hours of silent reconnaissance swimming and crawling among the enemy 's beach defences . |
| 18 | Fearful of protests or violence by citizens outraged by the army 's brutal assault on Tiananmen on 4 June , armed troops cordoned off a large area of central Peking , admitting only hand-picked spectators into the square . |
| 19 | Finally , Rory turned off a minor road onto a rutted track between high , uncut hedges . |
| 20 | MIKE TOMCZAK , the Chicago Bears quarterback , threw for three touchdowns and Neal Anderson rushed for another as Chicago staved off a fourth-quarter rally by the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night to win 27-13 . |
| 21 | Tynedale pulled off a marvellous 2–1 win against Tynemouth , while Billingham ended a successful season by beating Morpeth 2–0 with well taken goals by Nigel Skerritt and Tim Johnson . |
| 22 | Sand drifts smothered the front steps , climbed walls almost to the gables , and in one place blocked off a whole street . |
| 23 | FIRST excitement came when Paul Prentice brought off a superb save from Newry 's Nigel Rees . |
| 24 | A few emergency circuits gave off a faint glow . |
| 25 | The promotion-winning team set off a short time ago from the County Ground to tour the town in an open-topped bus , before a civic reception given by Thamesdown Council . |
| 26 | And right at the death , when Bangor were down to 14 men with scrum half Stephen Matchett receiving treatment , McMaster finished off a fine move sparked by McCall 's half break . |
| 27 | TRAINER John Gosden walked off a heavy lunch in Sussex yesterday and plotted a tasty treble at Goodwood . |
| 28 | The big Southampton striker does n't score enough for his country ; this was only his second for Northern Ireland — but it was Hughes tried a shot off the edge of the box , the ball cannoned off a Lithuanian defender and into the path of Dowie who rifled an unstoppable drive past Martin Kenas from 14 yards . |
| 29 | Swingbeat New Editioners Bell Biv Devoe are hanging out in the lounge telling stories of how the helicopter in their latest video toppled off a windy roof . |
| 30 | Wolfgang and Constanze stayed three months , returning to Vienna in the autumn via Linz , where Mozart dashed off a new symphony ( K.425 in C , since known as the ‘ Linz ’ ) in record time for concert there . |