Example sentences of "[verb] off in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor has been to Rome to talk to Gascoigne , whose last serious outing saw him carried off in the 1991 FA Cup final against Nottingham Forest with knee ligament damage . |
| 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 | So many people give up because , after the elation of seeing the pounds fall off in the first few days , they lose heart when weight loss slows down . |
| 5 | Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy . |
| 6 | Then , to mark the end of the service , three enormous thunder-flashes were let off in the rear gatehouse . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | At half-time a note was passed to the Scottish dressing-room telling the young striker that he would be shot if he did not ease off in the second half . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And as someone else pointed out yesterday , he always leaves Deane on no matter how unhappy a game he 's been having — against L'pool a brill Wallace came off in the 8 ? th minute , an unsettled-looking Deane stayed on , and the crowd went bananas at Wilko . |
| 11 | He had dozed off in the first act , but always does after luncheon wherever he is , he explained . |
| 12 | There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations . |
| 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 | A decade ago its dowdy department stores had more or less been written off in the frantic race to carve up the high street . |
| 17 | Total restructuring costs of about $2.4 BILLION were written off in the fourth quarter of 1989 . |
| 18 | A ruling yesterday by the Accounting Standards Board means any premium or discount when a company repurchases its own debt must be be written off in the same year it is incurred . |
| 19 | UI reportedly told staff laid off in the last two weeks that it was short of funds , attributing the situation to an accounting error . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If anybody asked , she could say she 'd come back for her shoe that had fallen off in the stumbling mess of wrecked furniture . |
| 22 | Use of mundic tailed off in the Fifties . |
| 23 | Only Aston Villa defender Ugo Ehiogu and Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour , who limped off in the second half , emerged with any great credit . |
| 24 | Middlesbrough full back Gary Parkinson limped off in the final minute with an ankle injury . |
| 25 | Well , I daresay you 'd know I would n't nod off in the normal way . |
| 26 | The secular trend towards declining levels of crime levelled off in the first decade of this century . |
| 27 | There was no question of easing off in the second half . |
| 28 | Another political time bomb , waiting to go off in the New Year , is a Select Committee inquiry into Britain 's overall energy needs . |
| 29 | Eleven tricks made for a very good score , as several other declarers had actually contrived to go off in the same contract . |
| 30 | The pressure paid off in the 58th minute when central defender Whelan , scorer of a late winner at Southend on Saturday , rose to direct a far-post header over Stowell , in the Wolves goal , from one of Thompson 's many excellent dead-ball crosses . |