Example sentences of "[verb] off [prep] [num ord] [noun] " 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 | He DID ask not to be selected for future B team games after being pulled off in last April 's second-string clash with the CIS . |
| 5 | but the particular council which is Elmbridge District Council , started off after last year 's victory by the Liberal Democrats , by moving to one full council meeting a week , lasting about six hours once a week . |
| 6 | The transmission has undergone a major change to a four-speed unit , sourced from General Motors , and has been provided with the now-obligatory sports and economy programmes , plus a winter mode which allows the system to start off in second gear . |
| 7 | Rogers and Lambert took off at first light to see what was happening . |
| 8 | READING had four players booked and defender Phil Parkinson sent off against Second Division leaders West Bromwich . |
| 9 | Sometimes the intention to go on the Pill is there , but it is put off until next week , or until their sixteenth birthday . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Robinson was forced off during last Saturday 's 3–0 home defeat by leaders Blackburn and Clarkson suffered his injury playing in the reserves in midweek . |
| 12 | Courtesy of their arrangements with Air New Zealand , ‘ Pooler ’ set off on 10th July for the land of the ruck and the long white cloud . |
| 13 | This giant of a racehorse set off in last month 's Cheltenham Gold Cup — one of National Hunt racing 's blue riband events — with a heavy burden . |