Example sentences of "[vb base] off [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Heart attack victim Jeff , 72 , planned his send off down to the last detail .
2 You do n't imagine we can simply walk out of here , do you ? — win or lose , up stakes and toddle off back to the world of boiled cabbage and beds with sheets ?
3 He closed the gate and they set off back down the dirt track towards the cottage .
4 I set off back to the hospital — not in the best of tempers after a foul drive in filthy weather — and it was on the way home , as the wet lamps marched towards me , that it happened .
5 We tried to calm her as we set off back to the hospital .
6 Tony finished his work and we set off back towards the sea .
7 When they come out , they are fry ; as they grow a little , they become parr ; larger still , they turn into smolt and fizz off down to the sea .
8 We start off back to the pueblo .
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