Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [adv] [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says thanks and then goes off . |
| 2 | He suddenly dropped a quick kiss on her startled lips and then bounded off up the stairs , and Jenna was left with his briefcase in her hand , her expression stunned . |
| 3 | The accompaniment must paint the general background mood of the piece , and rhythmic designs can persist over big areas and only break off if there is a very definite change of mood or subject matter . |
| 4 | After release the pigeon circles a few times around the release site for a few minutes and then flies off , usually in the approximate direction of its home loft . |
| 5 | Pipkin , some way away from Hazel , crouched at his ease between two huge rabbits who could have broken his back in a second , while Buckthorn and Cowslip started a playful scuffle , nipping each other like kittens and then breaking off to comb their ears in a comical pretence of sudden gravity . |
| 6 | You 've never heard a speed-thrash organ pop LP called ‘ Life ’ , never experienced ‘ The Beast Inside ’ 's prog rock excesses and never drifted off to the gorgeous pop of ‘ This Is How It Feels ’ . |
| 7 | Tests show that , after a slow beginning , availability of the nutrients rises to a peak in about 80 days and then tails off with the potash being held late , when it is needed . |
| 8 | This mite feeds for one to ten days and then drops off , spending the rest of its life in the ground eating , among other things , plant pests and hookworm larvae . |
| 9 | I was on tablets for two days and then taken off , just like that . |
| 10 | I mean , you do n't get down to things and then break off for refreshments , do you ? ’ |
| 11 | Erm one of the problems fish have on this is that they lay their eggs in gravel or something like that and where males have their own nest sometimes another male comes along and er takes it over , hijacks it piracy and interestingly enough what happens in those situations a pirate male will come in , displace the existing male from his nest and fertilize a few eggs and then buzz off . |
| 12 | THE MOST prolific of any true UK techno act , the Black Dog once again deliver the goods and then run off and hide to make more . |
| 13 | Using a small hammer the needles were then tapped through these holes and then cut off flush with the exterior of the pipe . |
| 14 | What the government neglect to highlight is that these people have few rights and conveniently disappear off the unemployment register . |
| 15 | Be conscious of the difference between showing leadership qualities and simply showing off . |
| 16 | David McCathie fought back from 22–12 down at 17 ends and almost pulled off a five on the last which would have secured another point for Essex but Paul Maynard continued his winning momentum to ensure the overall venue win . |
| 17 | Of course , the financing of such an increase in government spending by the sale of an equivalent quantity of government bonds will tend to raise interest rates and thus choke off some private expenditure , but unless the interest elasticity of private expenditure is very high , or the interest elasticity of the demand for money very low , the net effect of an increase in government spending will be significantly to raise the equilibrium level of aggregate demand at any price level . |
| 18 | The Sri Lankans move their herds in stages , allowing them to move freely back and forth between intermediate stages and gradually cutting off their retreat . |
| 19 | The correct way to shut the machine down is to type EXIT to return to Windows , quit Windows and then switch off the machine . |
| 20 | Large migrating birds , such as storks , pelicans and cranes , rise up on these natural elevators and then glide off , losing height until they find another thermal . |
| 21 | Er , well we only really done exercises and then started off with the play . |
| 22 | Geac maintains very conservative accounting standards and often writes off soft or non-cash assets when it buys a company to bring the acquisition 's books in line , he added . |
| 23 | That was his Sunday ritual : over to Harry 's for cards as soon as lunch was eaten , and back at exactly a quarter after six , to read the Sunday papers and then sleep off the drink . |
| 24 | She listened to the headlines and then switched off . |