Example sentences of "[v-ing] off [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The small swimming pool is perfect for cooling off under the force of the midday sun , and the snack bar serves a great range of food into the early hours of the morning .
2 He denied UI would be doing this to appease SunSoft and others reportedly unhappy about the situation , and refuted suggestions that SunSoft wants UI 's commitment to use other suppliers and non-USL technologies as a pre-requisite for it signing off on the ABI effort .
3 Drinking at a pavement café on Ben Yehuda was for each of them a way of signing off from the mission .
4 You could hear them squeaking off from a distance .
5 Jenna snapped , spinning away and storming off towards the house .
6 Then , like a whirlwind , he was storming off through the garden , heading back towards the villa .
7 He then grabbed all her feathers and threw them in the gutter before storming off in the direction of the Black Bull .
8 Non-stop swearing , stripping off on the field , making V-signs at the sponsor 's daughter .
9 After stripping off in a Levi 's ad and Thelma & Louise , Brad Pitt has been hailed as the new James Dean , a sex symbol for the Nineties .
10 The East Belfast man ca n't put a foot over the door of his Cregagh Road home without first stripping off in the garden .
11 2 men were seen walking away and then driving off with a woman and possibly another man .
12 ‘ Especially when they see you getting into your Porsche , and driving off to the flat you own in Putney ? ’
13 The sound of wheels turned in her ears again as she thought of Maman driving off to the railway station as if on some brisk pursuit .
14 After she had washed and dressed in warm cord trousers , leather boots and a thick sweater , she this time took the precaution of collecting her anorak before going out to her car and driving off in the direction of Great Yarmouth .
15 And before you know it you 're packing your case and ironing your spotty frocks , ready for jetting off into the sun .
16 On Friday George Tinsley and John Warnock , of The North Yorkshire Brewing Company , are jetting off to a trade fair in Tokyo to promote the pride and joy of Teesside 's real ale enthusiasts .
17 I 'm not allowed to go jetting off to the Caribbean , that 's all .
18 NURSES from South Tees are jetting off to the U.S. this month to find out about baby care , American style .
19 That means a potential 200,000 customers will be jetting off to the States .
20 PLACE your bets with Bugsy — and you could be jetting off for a week in Las Vegas the gambling capital of the world .
21 SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale completed two key close season signings before jetting off for a week 's break in Greece yesterday .
22 To think that not so long ago I had been one of these creatures , peddling off through the drizzle to a dead-end job !
23 Between 10 and 16 live whales were seen milling around the mouth of the Nene at 8.30 that morning ; low water was at midday , and at about 5 that afternoon the pod was seen swimming off to the north on the rising tide .
24 Slide both thumbs apart and , when you reach the temples , finish with a little circular flourish before gliding off at the hairline ( see Fig. 13 ) .
25 This thought came into Charles 's already overcrowded mind , and he found himself looking off into the wings , whence the fatal shot had come .
26 ‘ It has seemed like that , ’ he said sombrely , looking off into the distance .
27 Some of the queue was syphoning off into a road signposted for Algar Seco , a bizarre coastal rock formation on the outskirts of the village , while other vehicles were following the one-way system and looping in and out of the square .
28 Get your playgroup involved by writing off for the Playweek kit , which contains all kinds of money-making ideas .
29 ‘ I do n't think you care about Donald ! ’ she said , pushing off from the cupboard , like someone striking out in a swimming bath .
30 We climbed down to his fishing boat and were pushing off against the stonework .
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