Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] off on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided doubles was getting short-shrifted so went off on that tangent . |
| 2 | Just finishing off on electrical energy . |
| 3 | The influence had already rubbed off on former team-mate Ally McCoist , who was dropped from a vital old firm derby in 1991 for going on a prohibited trip to the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 4 | I expect SHe hardly gets off on this stuff . |
| 5 | They 're forever gadding off on expensive holidays . |
| 6 | Kambli , on 20 overnight with India resuming at 144 for one , was also let off on 119 when Graham Gooch spilled a waist-high catch at first slip off Chris Lewis . |
| 7 | The fact that professionals share the prevailing social attitudes is underlined by Alison Norman : ‘ The poor image of old age inevitably rubs off on those who are working in this field . |
| 8 | It then starts off on another ‘ rodent-run ’ , watching to see if it is followed . |
| 9 | After resting for a while , it suddenly gets up , looks around and then sets off on one of its mad dashes . |
| 10 | Car No. 396 was destroyed by a bomb outside Croydon bus garage on 10 May 1941 and its remains dumped in Purley depot , to be officially written off on 30 November 1945 . |