Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] off on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dog usually just stops dead or veers off on a different course . |
| 2 | The extreme elaboration of the proceedings is intended to emphasize that , in contrast to the kind of marriage which can be entered into or broken off on the spur of the moment , this is a contract which is intended to endure . |
| 3 | The heat shields were still intact and the computer assured him that they would not crack or fall off on the journey through the atmosphere . |
| 4 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 5 | Here at Club M'Diq you can either do your own thing or involve yourself in the daily and evening activities and events available for free ; you can lazy on the spacious sandy beach , or go off on the optional excursions to see something of what this colourful Moslem country has to offer . |
| 6 | here you can take a gentle stroll around the lake , or start off on a more strenuous hike . |
| 7 | There 's nothing worse than setting off on a day 's walking after a cold sleepless night when you feel as though you 've been trussed up in a straight jacket . |
| 8 | We left Paris behind and drove off on a series of flyovers and underpasses , before drawing up outside the gates of Fort St Nogent on the outskirts . |
| 9 | They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows . |
| 10 | The eggs remain in the damp sand , safe from marine predators , until they hatch out fifteen days later and swim off on the next high spring tide . |
| 11 | Take a 79 , 24 or a 51A , B or C , bus going southwards and get off on the South Circular Road , Kilmainham . |
| 12 | That letter was in draft form , ready to be checked by lawyers , then typed out and sent off on the morning of 27 February 1991 . |
| 13 | Well the answer is yes but of course landing and taking off on a road is one thing , being able to operate is another one because clearly one needs er fuel , weapons , ground crew and the like but landing on a road in itself is is not difficult . |
| 14 | Constantly at war with my vertigo , I decided not to be pathetic and strode off on the flat , step-like slabs that top the crest of the ridge . |
| 15 | " I ca n't just drop everything and go off on a picnic . " |
| 16 | His liking for convivial company , found only in the male-dominated bars of New Jersey , a throwback from his forebears of County Cork , eventually forced them into a difficult matrimonial situation from which he occasionally evacuated himself and went off on a drifting reconnaissance of the world outside . |
| 17 | We smoke a bit of skag , feel better and nod off on the tweedy settee before the heater . |
| 18 | He pushed her , and headed off on a determined course for somewhere . |
| 19 | The rider nodded and pushed off on the Kawasaki . |
| 20 | These are again flakes that can be lifted out of dry gravel and float off on the surface of the water . |
| 21 | Left-winger Darren Junee brilliantly slipped round his marker , James Reynolds , just before half-time and set off on a jinking run down the left wing . |
| 22 | Not for the first time , Josh wondered how much use an aging and lame night watchman would be in an emergency , but he put this thought aside and set off on a tour of inspection . |
| 23 | After lunch , either from members ' own nosebags or from the Museum café , we reboarded our coach and set off on a magical mystery tour in search of Butterley and the M.R.C. It is quite fun ‘ turning round ’ on a fairly busy main road in a large coach ! |
| 24 | The boatman scampered across to the opposite gunwale , turned the boat , turned it again and set off on a long glide which took them close in along the bridge . |
| 25 | Fortified for a final fight , we stuffed everything into our sacks and set off on the laborious slog back up Coire Raibeirt for a buffeted race against darkness over the plateau and down to the vast , eerily deserted car park . |
| 26 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |
| 27 | She had walked out of the corner-shop and set off on the primrose path , which led rapidly downhill . |
| 28 | On the day agreed , travel from any station to Goschenen by rail on a special round-journey ticket , take over the reserved hire-cycle there , and set off on the journey of exploration downhill on the old cantonal road , taking as much time , and with as many halts , as suits you . |
| 29 | Dare to dream , shrug off any criticism or doubt and set off on the journey that you hope will eventually take you to a better world . |
| 30 | Dara fled back to Agra and set off on the road to Delhi without daring to face his father . |