Example sentences of "[verb] off [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stage 4 is the familiar multiplier , only this time triggered off by a change in imports and exports . |
| 2 | PETER Kennedy 's tongue-in-cheek shot at his latest creation , ‘ The Widow or Bust ’ , has come off with a bang at the Arts Theatre this week . |
| 3 | You could hear them squeaking off from a distance . |
| 4 | Tommy bolted off like a greyhound released from the slips , and the two other men watched as he scampered across the open ground , until some twenty seconds later he reached the safety of the trees . |
| 5 | They were tipped off by a person claiming that the stand in West Bromwich , West Midlands , was not licensed to sell the reptiles . |
| 6 | Police discovered them in a raid , after they were tipped off by a buyer who had seen this advert in the motoring magazine Exchange and Mart . |
| 7 | But the full force of the poison was staved off for a while . |
| 8 | ROS : You march in here without so much as a by your leave and expect me to take very lunatic you try to pass off with a lot of unsubstantiated |
| 9 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
| 10 | She woke a short while later under the impression that she 'd dropped off at a cocktail party . |
| 11 | The move followed stone-throwing by dozens of people after two youths disputed the fare when they were dropped off at a pub . |
| 12 | On the bedside table , he was in the act of placing a Bible , so that he may have dropped off into a doze while reading it . |
| 13 | When told to sod off by a man well over six feet tall , about fourteen stones in weight , with a four-iron in his hand , and known to be of uncertain temperament , even the most hardened reporter will do just that . |
| 14 | The best and longest-lasting tans are acquired slowly — quick tans are usually fast burns and peel off in a trice . |
| 15 | After stripping off in a Levi 's ad and Thelma & Louise , Brad Pitt has been hailed as the new James Dean , a sex symbol for the Nineties . |
| 16 | The previous year to my visit a sizeable chunk had cracked off in a storm . |
| 17 | and fly off in a shower , airily |
| 18 | To hell with the risk , I had three minutes to create an impact ( being carried off on a stretcher should do it ) . |
| 19 | Bjornebye , signed by manager Graeme Souness for £600,000 last month , will be out for at least three weeks after he was carried off on a stretcher with concussion while on international duty against China . |
| 20 | Stamina ( 15 credits ) : If a player runs out of energy or stamina , he 'll be carried off on a stretcher . |
| 21 | MANCHESTER UNITED 's £1 million powerhouse Dion Dublin 's Old Trafford dream turned into a nightmare last week — carried off on a stretcher with a shattered leg . |
| 22 | He was carried off on a stretcher when the game was only 10 minutes old , after he had flown into a tackle from behind on Dean Saunders . |
| 23 | Here is Earth , clad in what looks disconcertingly like a badly crocheted red dress , here is a stage where an eerie pale yellow orange light plays over small details of figures , and here is a child carried off on a pole — one in a series of victims in the sacrificial Rite Of Spring . |
| 24 | Rowledge sliced a penalty wide of the target before having better luck with a kick just inside the half-way line , and there was a real setback for the visitors when Cook was carried off with a leg injury . |
| 25 | Arsenal have slipped to sixth after three successive Premier League defeats , and they will be without England full-back Lee Dixon for at least a month after he was carried off with a knee injury . |
| 26 | Five minutes later skipper Alan Kernaghan was carried off with a knee injury and Middlesbrough delayed the introduction of substitute Jon Gittens for five minutes . |
| 27 | Internationals Paul Moriarty , who was carried off with a knee problem , and Bobby Goulding were injured in Sunday 's 48-16 defeat at Headingley and forwards Steve McCurrie and Harvey Howard both appear before the disciplinary commission on Thursday after being sent off . |
| 28 | Batty , who was carried off after a tackle by Stewart Robson , added : ‘ I am just relieved I have n't broken it . ’ |
| 29 | They head off on a cattle drive , all hoping they can somehow solve their problems by fulfilling childhood cowboy fantasies . |
| 30 | 2 men were seen walking away and then driving off with a woman and possibly another man . |