Example sentences of "[vb base] off in [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Yeah and then we stop off in , then we , while we 're on the coach we stop off in Germany for breakfast |
| 4 | For example , when children show off in front of strangers they may really be communicating their uncertainty , even ( paradoxically ) their shyness . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) |
| 7 | Miss Logan made indeterminate gestures to the priest , then set off in pursuit of her employer . |
| 8 | NICK FALDO and Tom Kite , the reigning Open champions on both sides of the Atlantic , will meet ‘ head to head ’ when they set off in pursuit of the second major title of the golfing year in the US Open on Thursday . |
| 9 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 10 | Hunting is the favourite pastime ; at the start of the season , high schools close as whole families go off in pursuit of everything from squirrels to wild boar . |
| 11 | We have people such as Alan Sugar , who start off in life without any great qualifications . |
| 12 | Okay we started off and we was talking about the fact that when we perceive things they start off in origin as energy signals in the environment and we detect those changes in the energy and somewhere in the process they get converted into our experiences of perception . |