Example sentences of "[verb] off [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Salim leaves them , takes off on the first of a series of ‘ flights ’ , and treks to the interior , to a country which appears to be compounded of the Congo and of Uganda , in order to earn a living from a store which he has acquired from a man whose daughter he is expected to marry one day . |
| 32 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 33 | Waggoner quietly got to his feet and walked off down the 17th . |
| 34 | The three players walked off to the next tee . |
| 35 | Dunstable withdrew yesterday from the FA Cup , but face disciplinary action after their remaining players walked off in the 38th minute of the tie at Staines after the referee Stephen Head sent off a third member of their team . |
| 36 | He 's still probably sweating a little because he 's waiting to be called off at the next motorway junction . |
| 37 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 38 | A press conference Mr Kaifu had scheduled for Wednesday evening to explain what the government had decided was called off at the last minute . |
| 39 | Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute . |
| 40 | Many of the rebels , after a planned night attack had been called off at the last minute , had gone off into Inverness in search of food or were sleeping exhausted , unwilling to be roused , when news arrived of Cumberland 's approach . |
| 41 | Sheringham , who cost £2 million from Millwall 12 months ago , was lined up for Spurs a fortnight ago but the deal was called off at the last minute . |
| 42 | The plan was called off at the last moment . |
| 43 | However , this too was called off at the last minute , apparently because of opposition outrage over a massacre at Mbuji-Mayi in central Zaire . |
| 44 | Both were reported to have agreed , but the talks were called off at the last minute . |
| 45 | But the meeting was called off at the last minute and now Caldaire hopes to hold talks on Tuesday , February 25 . |
| 46 | Seven meetings have been called off in the last two days , including all three of yesterday 's cards plus three scheduled for today at Carlisle , Taunton and Warwick . |
| 47 | Get on the train and get off at the third [ or fourth or fifth ] stop . |
| 48 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 49 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 52 | What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |
| 55 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 56 | set off before the last grunt of the dinosaurs |
| 57 | They were guilty of lax marking as Scunthorpe took the lead from two crosses aimed without challenge , and weakened by Baker 's sending off in the 36th minute , a pathetic flourish of petulance . |
| 58 | Bruce Grobbelaar 's sending off in the last ten minutes in the Moscow first leg ultimately proved decisive . |
| 59 | Even in that jungly light I see something does n't add up : can a corpse have half a nose and two fingers busted off at the first joint ? |
| 60 | The pathology lab 288 had kicked off with the first of the parties , and everything had gone pretty well although nobody had wanted to touch the sandwiches . |