Example sentences of "[vb base] off [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The devout and those with a full itinerary hurry off to the Abbey as the bell tolls for communion . |
| 2 | Hurry off for the bran . |
| 3 | Two clipped young Gurkhas peel off to the side as the Queen stands before the two great thrones , flanked by a clutch of Yeomen of the Guard , pikes resting on their shoulders . |
| 4 | The best and longest-lasting tans are acquired slowly — quick tans are usually fast burns and peel off in a trice . |
| 5 | Jeez , it looks like all the players and wives nip off down the bank for a quick gas up north . |
| 6 | My heart ached for her as I realised that she had joined the ranks of so many others I had known , who had watched their men fly off into the dusk , never to be heard of again . |
| 7 | and fly off in a shower , airily |
| 8 | Workers observing it and about to leave on their own foraging , immediately fly off in the direction indicated . |
| 9 | I head off along the road and make for Deptford High Street , swinging my bag of clothes like I was going on holiday . |
| 10 | In the kind of yuppy apartment in which they lived , the chimpanzees would signal ‘ GO SINK ’ and head off to the kitchen sink . |
| 11 | He saw it break its flight over a dell between the dunes , soar vertically and then head off at an angle . |
| 12 | Again , send off for the school prospectus and find out the school 's aims and objectives . |
| 13 | The troops , expecting to be ‘ home by Christmas ’ after a few gallant cavalry charges , held an impressive open air church parade in the Recreation Field and in late August the town gave a lively send off to a detachment of the ‘ Kings Own ’ . |
| 14 | To celebrate the occasion , they were given an emotional send off by the bus drivers who 've spent the last three years transporting them to and from home . |
| 15 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |
| 16 | It was Jeff who 'd insisted that they stop off for a drink . |
| 17 | Around the south of Ithaka , stop off at a day anchorage for lunch and a swim , then into Port Vathi , capital of Ithaka . |
| 18 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |
| 19 | Most simply give themselves up , and , in the case of those who have done no more than poach the odd buck for a little bushmeat , are often let off with a caution . |
| 20 | A group of them , maybe as many as half a dozen , will slowly get to their feet from where they have been lying with the rest of the pride and , leaving the cubs and the males behind , walk off in a fashion which , although leisurely , has a grimly purposeful air . |
| 21 | Sometimes quite large ‘ solid ’ blocks break off from the flow , with the same kind of clean fracture , and then , since they are still very hot , continue to flow slightly ! |
| 22 | Also , with healthy deciduous trees , the leaves all come with great show every Spring and die off in the Autumn — but more come each successive year cos the tree has grown a bit so the foliage is thicker , more complex in structure — until it dies of course . |
| 23 | Cut off at the neck ! |
| 24 | People pushed and shoved , stared at his madder lake suit , trousers cut off at the knee . |
| 25 | Oliver was close behind as she ran towards the pedlar , then cut off to the side . |
| 26 | Somehow , with Aunt Millie 's help , it had come all right — if being turned out , forbidden to see your sisters or brother , cut off without a penny , your name never to be mentioned at the family dinner-table , could be called that … . |
| 27 | This figure includes skin divers , bathers and water skiers , people and vehicles cut off by the tide and casualties who had fallen from cliffs or man-made structures . |
| 28 | As bishop of a major city Avitus was involved in court politics to an extent that Sidonius , cut off from the centre of Visigothic power in Clermont , was not . |
| 29 | Cut off from the mass of the people by race and language , the rulers also became increasingly acquisitive in terms of land . |
| 30 | Not listening was always one of my faults and one of the reasons I so frequently found myself isolated in misunderstanding : like a careless rider , cut off from the company , alone and benighted for failing to pay attention to the prevailing agreements as to intention and direction . |