Example sentences of "[verb] off [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Maybe she 'd win the pools or walk off with first prize in the national lottery !
2 ‘ You are to set off at first light tomorrow .
3 It was decided that unless they got word of a change in direction from the scouts the Regent had sent to follow the enemy 's route , the Scots host , now numbering some thirteen thousand , would set off at first light , south-westwards , on a converging course .
4 Rogers and Lambert took off at first light to see what was happening .
5 Now Hereford 's cup run was finished off by first division Nottingham Forest … they lost two nil but have boosted the bank balance with over twenty four thousand packing into the City Ground yesterday
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