Example sentences of "[verb] off at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She woke a short while later under the impression that she 'd dropped off at a cocktail party . |
| 2 | The move followed stone-throwing by dozens of people after two youths disputed the fare when they were dropped off at a pub . |
| 3 | Then they built a sand-castle with ramparts and a moat and turrets , and stopped off at a café on their way home and treated themselves to a delicious cream tea . |
| 4 | Around the south of Ithaka , stop off at a day anchorage for lunch and a swim , then into Port Vathi , capital of Ithaka . |
| 5 | with unusual curtness and drove off at a speed which suggested that Darren was about to enjoy a gratifyingly exciting ride . |
| 6 | As they left the turn the French paddled off at a tangent and tried to run the Romanians into the landing pontoon in front of all the VIPs . |
| 7 | Permanent arrears were normally written off at a bishop 's death , so the figures give some indication of the rate at which they accumulated . |
| 8 | But I 've stopped off at a street market on the way over for socks and shirts and thin garish underpants . |
| 9 | after a swift , furtive glance at them , jumped the ditch on the other side of the lane and made off at a run over the fen . |
| 10 | Ah equally um , just to go off at a tangent a bit , um there 're a number of more radical theorists , in particular the um in the Bonnie Burstow book Radical Feminist Therapy , would say that um rather like with other forms of sexual crime , the people who 've been victimised , people who 've survived , are often inclined to say something along the lines of mm y'know did i did I bring it on myself kind of kind of feeling . |
| 11 | These can only be sold off at a loss . |
| 12 | When he reached the gates , pushing through the children , he looked both ways along the main road , then set off at a trot in the general direction of the Stones ' household , several miles away . |
| 13 | Then they set off at a run , Jim and Louise leading the way , Jube pounding along behind them . |
| 14 | It remained for a moment , a definite form , before moving off at a half-crouched , shambling run to hide behind one of the gravestones . |
| 15 | Where the line of stones breaks , lines of energy could be detected moving off at a tangent . |
| 16 | From the roadside a short distance west of Blindbeck Bridge , a cart track branches off at a tangent and climbs easily to the shallow depression between Barbon Low Fell and Barbon High Fell , having the stream ( named as Aygill by the Ordnance Survey and as Barkin Gill by the caving fraternity ) away on the left . |
| 17 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention — although anything that the Government nationalise they may flog off at a profit at a later date , so I ask him to keep an eye on the situation . |
| 18 | Jezrael lurched stiffly to her feet and lumbered off at a run . |
| 19 | Feeling the wagon level again , it took off at a trot . |
| 20 | I walked up to the little animal but he took off at a speed which made light of his infirmity . |
| 21 | I 've never been soooo pissed off at a game than I was at the rangers game at Elland Road . |
| 22 | But , talk to Stevely on the subject of how well he has taught them and this most modest of men will go off at a tangent , drawing attention to the extent to which both girls have been prepared to work . |
| 23 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 24 | Loretta 's mind went off at a tangent . |
| 25 | In effect the process of consultation and decision was cut off at a point where the situation was changing rapidly and when the leading contenders for office had in fact agreed to express their willingness to serve under Mr R. A. Butler . |
| 26 | Their aim is to give busy men and women the freedom , as far as their hair is concerned , to take off at a moment 's notice without having to spend hours in front of the mirror — these beliefs have certainly proved successful for Ralph and his team . |
| 27 | come off at a pin . |
| 28 | The institutional investors that charged into junk bonds in the 1980s have now headed off at a gallop in the opposite direction . |
| 29 | The Allies then presented Germany with a bill for US & dollar 32 billion to be paid off at a rate of & dollar 500 million dollars per year . |
| 30 | From Morpeth Gate we turned right following the path towards Swinithwaite , striking off at a kink in the lane to the field gate that led to the ruined Chapel of the Knights Templars . |