Example sentences of "[verb] off in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cooling off in a Scottish loch : riders from the Castle Riding Centre , Argyllshire . |
| 2 | We needed a compass bearing to ensure we headed off in the right direction , a reminder that even a ‘ valley ’ walk can land the unwary in difficulties . |
| 3 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 4 | Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy . |
| 5 | Then , to mark the end of the service , three enormous thunder-flashes were let off in the rear gatehouse . |
| 6 | Many 's the night I 've walked back late from town and stopped off in the New Earswick hedgerows to supply them some used beer … |
| 7 | After flying on land , the group were then whisked off in an airborne plane to Robert Carrier 's restaurant in Suffolk for a sumptuous lunch . |
| 8 | They drove off in a grey transit van which was found abandoned soon after the raid . |
| 9 | They drove off in a red Sierra XR 3 . |
| 10 | Huddersfield , Second Division professionals , were seen off in a pre-season friendly , and in the National League a succession of self-respecting clubs have been trounced . |
| 11 | They had organized a decoy system whereby Carolyn drove Diana 's car to entice her press pursuers away and then Diana would emerge from Coleherne Court and walk off in the other direction . |
| 12 | You could follow my example and hitchhike out of Miami airport , but only if you 're prepared to risk being picked up by a religious maniac , or dropped off in an impenetrable jungle of freeways close to the cocaine-dealing centre of America , or both . |
| 13 | But when Neill rows to investigate , he is astonished to see his yacht , complete with his wife and dog , sail off in the opposite direction with the unhinged Zane at the wheel . |
| 14 | From the top of the bank Yanto noticed Billy and Janet wandering off in the opposite direction . |
| 15 | Like slipping away from a sleeping embrace , silently shutting the door behind one , tiptoeing off in the grey light of dawn — a stranger again . |
| 16 | The debt was written off in a long , slow reckoning of my own , though by the time I reached my mid-teens I already had a certainty of the future waiting — a void to be filled as I chose , with nothing predetermined . |
| 17 | A decade ago its dowdy department stores had more or less been written off in the frantic race to carve up the high street . |
| 18 | A gunman fired more than 20 shots into the building , but as he made off in a stolen car , a soldier fired a single shot from an Army observation post on the top of a block of flats several hundred yards away . |
| 19 | The pair made off in a yellow car . |
| 20 | He made off in a W-registered Ford Cortina estate , stolen in Middlesbrough on May 11 . |
| 21 | With a winning smile at a rather bemused young man , she dragged him up to dance , and every time she saw Feargal she made off in the opposite direction . |
| 22 | If anybody asked , she could say she 'd come back for her shoe that had fallen off in the stumbling mess of wrecked furniture . |
| 23 | Middlesbrough full back Gary Parkinson limped off in the final minute with an ankle injury . |
| 24 | Well , I daresay you 'd know I would n't nod off in the normal way . |
| 25 | A deer has had to be put down after its leg was ripped off in an illegal snare . |
| 26 | The extradition was still stalled ; there was another fraud investigation involving a British defence equipment company that had been ripped off in an American takeover deal ; there was a coke run in London that the Bureau in New York were interested in ; there was a guy who was under surveillance and who was going to have a Grand Jury warrant out for him for chopping his girlfriend 's mother into small pieces ; there were investigations that were vaguer , and things that were closer . |
| 27 | If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal . |
| 28 | Have you ever noticed the response when a car alarm goes off in a busy street ? |
| 29 | Another political time bomb , waiting to go off in the New Year , is a Select Committee inquiry into Britain 's overall energy needs . |
| 30 | The double sweep 1 : both fighters square off in the right stance . |