Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] off [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very important to be sure that the wreckage of the whole aircraft is present in case the accident was caused by a piece breaking off in flight and falling possibly a mile or two away . |
| 2 | another one like that and then what happens is you 've got smaller branches lots of smaller branches coming off of piece |
| 3 | BOURNEMOUTH Golden Oldies Hockey Festival International event for the over 35s with teams from Fiji , New Zealand , Canada and West Germany bullying off for supremacy in the week long tournament . |
| 4 | Just saw a little lad going off to school , carrying half hundred weight of books ! |
| 5 | Yeah he says that there were a right slanging match going off in town . |
| 6 | The answer was mixed : virtually no scope at all for 155mm artillery shells ( which sent the MOD scurrying off in search of extra supplies on the world market ) ; but plenty for 120mm tank shells . |
| 7 | ‘ If he signs it will be like all the fireworks going off on Bonfire Night . ’ |
| 8 | I did n't know if there was lanes going off into town , whe or oh I do n't know . |
| 9 | A potential failure of contraception had been recognised by 171 patients : 93 reported a split or leaking condom ; 13 reported a condom coming off during intercourse ; 32 admitted inconsistent use of condoms ; 32 reported forgetting to take contraceptive pills or taking antibiotics concurrently with the pill ; and one reported a late injection of medroxyprogesterone acetate . |
| 10 | As we went away to the sounds of Mrs Otto 's profuse good-byes , I reflected on the nature of the relationship between her and Otto , almost the opposite to what one might have expected : the gallant captain going off to sea where his authority was absolute and his orders brooked no delay , and returning to a wife whom he clearly adored but where the roles were reversed . |
| 11 | However — and I say this with some pride and gratitude — Lord Darlington never made any efforts to conceal things from my own eyes and ears ; I can recall on numerous occasions , some personage breaking off in mid-sentence to glance warily towards my person , only for his lordship to say : ‘ Oh , that 's all right . |
| 12 | We are used to the idea of escape velocity when talking about spacecraft taking off from Earth : unless they can achieve a velocity of about 11.2 km 118 miles ) per second they will never achieve orbit . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | " To improve their communications , I guess said Chuck , his voice trailing off without conviction . |
| 15 | For the married couples the heartache would be centred round their children going off to boarding school , especially when they left home for the first time . |
| 16 | I was so excited to be a young bride going off on tour to Europe . |
| 17 | The Norman Towers — Entering through these it is easy to imagine the Knights of the Middle Ages setting off for battle , banners flying and a host of bowmen and falconers bringing up the rear . |
| 18 | Other words from the inside has DEC trundling off to Comdex with a bunch of Alpha AXP Personal Computers for a technology demo of NT with third-party and DEC 's own applications . |
| 19 | A ticking off at school , or a beating left me encrusted with guilt . |
| 20 | When I got to know the two men well I got a visual image of these judgements — Lenin , solid and stocky , advancing at an even pace , and the slight figure of Bukharin galloping off in front , but always needing to feel Lenin 's presence . |
| 21 | One reviewer slammed the 40-minute ‘ Blue Room ’ single as ‘ hippy excrement ’ , while the finale of ‘ UF Orb ’ finds the dolphins blasting off from Earth in a freshwater spaceship , leaving mankind to stew in his own toxic waste . |
| 22 | Off they went to Uncle Dick 's just in time to meet Belshazzar taking off in search of a clear patch of sky . |
| 23 | Mostly musicians spend their time jerking off in front of others and guitar and bass-playing readers are basically fans of the idea of that , but the truth is that it 's all individual — every neck on every guitar just has to feel a certain way . |