Example sentences of "[vb base] off [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Branch , Peter Evans and David Miller had just teed off at the 15th hole in a competition . |
| 2 | There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations . |
| 3 | Aid workers say Central Bosnia , cut off for the first time this Winter by the war between Croats and Muslims , is facing a humanitarian catastrophe . |
| 4 | They come close to enjoining all scientists to refuse to engage in military research but then back off at the last moment . |
| 5 | The eggs remain in the damp sand , safe from marine predators , until they hatch out fifteen days later and swim off on the next high spring tide . |
| 6 | There are rumours that most of the sides which face off in the first weekend of post-season action could be absorbed into a new , more important third tier of the Heineken League structure . |
| 7 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 8 | Get on the train and get off at the third [ or fourth or fifth ] stop . |
| 9 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 10 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 11 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 12 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 13 | What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill . |
| 14 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 15 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |
| 16 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 17 | set off before the last grunt of the dinosaurs |
| 18 | So we start off with the first one that you have , this C W , that stands for company worker . |
| 19 | If you do , make a third column and ask the LH to say the first and second words in the " different " column , then the first and third , etc. , as you tick off in the third column the ones that are now different from the new no. 1 . |
| 20 | These are also concentrated in Kent with 65 per cent of the total ( 25 per cent at Faversham alone ) , and there is little change in this pattern through time except that the total quantities fall off during the seventh century . |