Example sentences of "[vb base] off [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LANCASHIRE 'S prolific run-scorer Neil Fairbrother ( left ) and Middlesex 's exciting young spinner Phil Tufnell get into the Christmas spirit before joining up with the rest of their England colleagues who fly off on Monday for the winter tour to India . |
| 2 | Many of these mature offspring of the root form work their way to the surface and those which are winged fly off in search of new vines . |
| 3 | WHY is it that whenever I decide to don salopettes and head off in search of that damned elusive substance — Scottish snow — howling hurricanes decide to renew my acquaintance and pea-soupers that would have done Victorian London proud descend on the mountain ? |
| 4 | Yeah and then we stop off in , then we , while we 're on the coach we stop off in Germany for breakfast |
| 5 | In 1351 Edward III granted John the woodward of Raskelf a pension of 3d. a day ‘ for good service and especially because his eyes were torn out and his tongue and his fingers cut off by malefactors in the Forest of Galtres in the time when he was one of the King 's foresters there ’ . |
| 6 | In Sarajevo , UN planes had already started landing at the airport before the formal announcement by the Bosnian capital that it would accept the aid , ending a protest mounted because UN relief was not getting through to 100,000 Muslims cut off by Serbs in eastern Bosnia . |
| 7 | The Gorgoneion ( Gorgon-face ) , adapted from eastern models , appears in Greek art in the mid seventh century and long retains this generalised protective role.24 From the start , however , it is also associated with a particular story : the head of Medusa , cut off by Perseus with Athena 's help , and thereafter worn by the goddess on her aegis . |
| 8 | Although for a time earning the salary of a parliamentary under-secretary and writing thrilling romances of fashionable life , Smith lived quietly in a Bloomsbury lodging-house , cut off from society through his deafness . |
| 9 | Two separate but converging stories are recounted in alternating chapters : the story of the White Russian Preobrajensky regiment under the command of Prince Ypsilanti , which for two years , cut off from contact with the outside world , marches through Siberia trying to reach the Tsar , and that of Tsar Nicholas II himself and his family in their last months , especially during their confinement at Ekaterinburg . |
| 10 | Tarvaras was a quarantine world , cut off from contact with the rest of the universe by orbiting weapons platforms which were programmed to destroy any craft which did not identify itself with the appropriate recognition codes , and it had seemed unlikely that the civilian survey crew would be tempted to break the stringent regulations which applied to the situation . |
| 11 | Cut off from links with the political practice of the masses , which only the communist party could provide , their writings would inevitably serve only to confuse and mislead the popular struggle , and to give aid and comfort to counter-revolutionary forces . |
| 12 | I tell you I do n't , did n't realise that er Paul and Charlene have said er they can move in by June the second all you 've got ta do is dump everything in there then bugger off to Malaya for the summer and sort out when he gets back ! |
| 13 | For example , when children show off in front of strangers they may really be communicating their uncertainty , even ( paradoxically ) their shyness . |
| 14 | HIGH-FLYING Tranmere jet off to Italy for their midweek European tie perched on their loftiest ever league placing of second in division one . |
| 15 | By now you are well and truly into the region of the great valleys that run off at right-angles from the watershed , the ‘ Pyrenees of the saves ’ , as geographers have tended to name it , to distinguish it from the configuration of the mountains further east , where the valleys are mostly more orthodox and run cross-ways or parallel with the frontier . |
| 16 | As soon as you have achieved this , you can completely cut out overtime payments and give people time off in lieu for the occasional overtime worked . |
| 17 | They say goodbye to wives who wear curlers , and they ride off on bikes with their scarves trailing behind like pennants . |
| 18 | Good tactics , whether planned or not — the more gentry were pinned down here , the fewer were left to muster the Volunteers or ride off with news to the Deputies at Blairgowrie . |
| 19 | The Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit ( alias Trevor and Erika Payers ) pose for the perfect shot ( above ) and then ride off in tandem to their reception , a distance of eight miles ( left ) |
| 20 | Consett , who kick off at noon against Billingham Synthonia , are without keeper Tony Morris , so Chris Teesdale deputises . |
| 21 | Choose a waterproof adhesive and finish off with grout in a contrasting colour . |
| 22 | People rightly sound off about politics on television and the last two weeks have shown how sharp and articulate they are . |
| 23 | ** Star Service — Additional courtesy drop off at Leidseplein in Central Amsterdam . |
| 24 | Each was given a bedside clock as a prize-winner — just to make sure they get off to school on time ! |
| 25 | After a second teatime breakfast in a café , I set off without delay for Kenny 's Bookshop . |
| 26 | The Squadron had originated as the idea of a New Englander , Norman Prince , who had learned to fly in Massachusetts in 1914 , and then set off to France with the intention of forming a unit for American volunteer flyers . |
| 27 | After lunch they set off to Kingsburgh for one of their most memorable encounters . |
| 28 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 29 | However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour . |
| 30 | The farmer 's wife has kindly pressed my kilt and I set off into town with a small group of Commandos , all of us determined to enjoy ourselves , and , of course , to sort out the local French girls . |