Example sentences of "[verb] off in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy . |
| 4 | Then , to mark the end of the service , three enormous thunder-flashes were let off in the rear gatehouse . |
| 5 | 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 … |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | From the top of the bank Yanto noticed Billy and Janet wandering off in the opposite direction . |
| 9 | Like slipping away from a sleeping embrace , silently shutting the door behind one , tiptoeing off in the grey light of dawn — a stranger again . |
| 10 | A decade ago its dowdy department stores had more or less been written off in the frantic race to carve up the high street . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If anybody asked , she could say she 'd come back for her shoe that had fallen off in the stumbling mess of wrecked furniture . |
| 13 | Middlesbrough full back Gary Parkinson limped off in the final minute with an ankle injury . |
| 14 | Well , I daresay you 'd know I would n't nod off in the normal way . |
| 15 | Another political time bomb , waiting to go off in the New Year , is a Select Committee inquiry into Britain 's overall energy needs . |
| 16 | The double sweep 1 : both fighters square off in the right stance . |
| 17 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 18 | unc Now finish off in the usual way . |
| 19 | The trains time her life , crashing through fitful dreams at night , slackening off in the early hours . |
| 20 | The tramp tossed the empty cup away and shuffled off in the other direction . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | Julie fell dead beneath a tree , its lower branches hacked off in the frenzied attack . |
| 23 | DUBLIN 'S Tommy Carr has been banned for six months following his sending off in the recent National League Football final against Donegal . |
| 24 | Obviously this would only be of benefit if there were capital gains against which the loss can be set off in the current or future years . |
| 25 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 26 | This might explain why the universe started off in the big bang in almost perfect thermal equilibrium , because thermal equilibrium would correspond to the largest number of microscopic configurations and hence the greatest probability . |
| 27 | We started off in the old days , just tuning the top string down to D. It 's funny , but we used to do that before we 'd tune the bottom ones down . |
| 28 | Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so . |
| 29 | But pilgrimage too is seasonal and not to be marked off too strictly from tourism any more nowadays than it could have been marked off in the great centuries of the sacred trek to Compostela . |
| 30 | Therefore , if a moth hears a bat approaching about 100 feet away , its best policy is to fly off in the other direction . |