Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] off on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Take a 79 , 24 or a 51A , B or C , bus going southwards and get off on the South Circular Road , Kilmainham . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We smoke a bit of skag , feel better and nod off on the tweedy settee before the heater . |
| 10 | The rider nodded and pushed off on the Kawasaki . |
| 11 | These are again flakes that can be lifted out of dry gravel and float off on the surface of the water . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She had walked out of the corner-shop and set off on the primrose path , which led rapidly downhill . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Dara fled back to Agra and set off on the road to Delhi without daring to face his father . |
| 18 | The following day she caught an early train from King 's Cross station and set off on the two-hundred-mile journey north . |
| 19 | The edges of the solid alder body are smoothly rounded at the front but squared off on the back , with no comfy contouring . |
| 20 | Moodie , suffering a bout of flu , kept up the momentum but eased off on the last lap with a minor suspension problem . |