Example sentences of "[vb base] off in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Workers observing it and about to leave on their own foraging , immediately fly off in the direction indicated . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Had too many good notions run off in the night |
| 4 | Quite coherent and certain he saw his dad make a phone call from the instrument in the hall and then drive off in the car . |
| 5 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 6 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 7 | On a voyage to Kuwait , perhaps to Ahmadi or Khafji , the drill was to pass the Strait of Hormuz in darkness , travelling straight across to Dubai , anchor for the following day and then set off in the evening to take up position off Das Island . |
| 8 | We set off in the sunshine and quickly reached Snake Pass |
| 9 | We all set off in the car to see a lawyer . |
| 10 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 11 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 12 | It reproduces by releasing single-celled spores which drift off in the sea and grow into new plants . |
| 13 | Five minutes after letting the freelined bait drift off in the tide the big shark struck . |
| 14 | Sometimes a little block of five or six men would detach itself from the larger mass and drift off in the direction of the track . |
| 15 | ‘ When the alarms go off in the house , they 'll go on in Central Station . |
| 16 | Is not that comment on security even more staggering than the bombs that go off in the city , although all such bombings are to be condemned and deplored ? |
| 17 | This will be set to illuminate the tank during the early part of the day , and switch off in the evening when I want to see the fish . |
| 18 | Tee off in the garden ! |
| 19 | ‘ Fall off in the cold . ’ |
| 20 | Then I slide off in the direction of New Cross Station . |
| 21 | So that when they sit facing each other on either side of their fire-place , both grins take off in the direction of the mantelpiece , as if drawn by the draught . |
| 22 | THE earth wo n't move for married astronauts Jan Davis and Mark Lee after they blast off in the shuttle Endeavour tomorrow . |