Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] off a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cursed loudly as his rubber clad right foot struck off a slimy rock and plunged knee-deep into the mud and water . |
| 2 | THE week 's news was dominated by Chancellor Nigel Lawson 's failed attempt to stave off a rise in bank base rates . |
| 3 | A TEENAGE horsewoman fought off a man who attacked her on Wimbledon Common yesterday almost a year after young mother Rachel Nickell was stabbed to death in the same area . |
| 4 | Case No. 6 : 2 year-old boy fell off a platform striking his head . |
| 5 | A dark figure took off a police helmet and wiped his brow . |
| 6 | The rear gunner loosed off a round of deadliness in the general direction of the fighter , but , it seemed , he was not the target and Biggins could only watch in morbid fascination as his wing man went down in flames . |
| 7 | Leaning back in a creaky old chair in a Padstow café , faced with yet another cream tea was the perfect way to round off a fabulous week 's backpacking on part of the South West Coast Path . |
| 8 | This comprised a moonlit cable car ride up the mountains to a creaky farmhouse for cheese fondue , heady wine and oompah-pah music — the perfect way to round off a day 's skiing . |
| 9 | His self-righteous tone sparked off a flicker of rebellion . |
| 10 | TERRORISTS in Northern Ireland yesterday breached tight security to set off a bomb which injured two policemen , one seriously . |
| 11 | By posing an enigma and deferring its solution , the hermeneutic code pulls off a sleight of hand which makes delayed information synonymous with truth . |
| 12 | The cryptic little comment sparked off a tiny glimmer of hope deep within her — could he be trying to tell her that she 'd proved distracting ? |
| 13 | Ven made a brief stop to drop off a parcel at one of the shops in the town , obviously the reason for his having to make the journey . |
| 14 | Certainly , it 's not my idea of the ideal way to round off a year which has found Jim Bob and Fruitbat riding out any anticipated backlash with a certain aplomb . |
| 15 | Anteriorly the frontal ganglion gives off a frontal nerve which passes to the clypeus , and a pair of lateral roots connect the frontal ganglion with the tritocerebrum . |
| 16 | The promotion-winning team set off a short time ago from the County Ground to tour the town in an open-topped bus , before a civic reception given by Thamesdown Council . |
| 17 | Elsewhere a lone swimmer fought off a chilling exhaustion , his senses dulled by three hours of silent reconnaissance swimming and crawling among the enemy 's beach defences . |
| 18 | This short call sets off a chain reaction of events . |
| 19 | A BLIND man fought off a bull terrier that attacked his guide dog — by jamming his fist down its throat and smacking it between the eyes . |
| 20 | There was an odd note of pride in his voice , like a small boy showing off a new toy . |
| 21 | Suddenly , Harry 's increasing breathlessness sparked off a coughing bout . |
| 22 | There was an unused scullery leading off a passage between the kitchen and the back door which was used as a collecting point for unwanted items from the headland ; clothes , bric-à-brac , books and old magazines . |
| 23 | The transatlantic telephone gives off a mocking , heard-it-all-before echo . |
| 24 | In September 1989 Judge Edward H. Johnson , a superior court judge of Georgia , Atlanta , ruled that Larry James McAfee , 33 , paralysed from the neck down since 1985 had the constitutional right to turn off a ventilator and to end his own life . |
| 25 | Each abdominal ganglion gives off a pair of principal nerves to the muscles of its Segment . |
| 26 | Frederick 's rejection of this sensible advice and subsequent acceptance of the Bohemian crown sparked off a series of events which culminated in the Thirty Years ' War . |
| 27 | A YOUNG woman plunged off a pier into the sea after a furious row with her boyfriend . |
| 28 | The day after I finished working for the managing director of a certain company fighting off a take-over bid , the agency sent me to the rival company . ’ |
| 29 | To recap so far , as Figure 10.3 summarizes , pecking at the bitter bead sets off a cascade of biochemical processes in two specific regions of the chick brain ; these begin with transient changes in cerebral blood flow and energy use and involve brief increases in transmitter-receptor interactions , which alter the properties of the synaptic membranes such as to increase the efficacy of communication between pre- and postsynaptic side . |
| 30 | His sketching speed was amply illustrated at our meeting : at the request of The Independent photographer for a cartoon to be positioned against a picture of him , within seconds a huge Asterix bounced off a sheet of paper . |