Example sentences of "[vb past] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The years of abundance in America began in 1950 with the defence expenditure triggered off by the Korean War , and the boom continued with only a hiccup or two of recession in 1954 and 1958 . |
| 2 | now she has an iris mountain , with Sir Cedric 's and the many more she grew from seed brought back from America , fenced off from the main garden in her ‘ Stalag 13 look ’ . |
| 3 | He staggered off towards a nearby Black Maria ( preferring , at this point , arrest to sudden death ) , jumped in the back and was greeted by one of the officers with the words ‘ fascist scum ’ and a ‘ boot in the face ’ . |
| 4 | The police charged off after the fictitious yobs and we rushed in the opposite direction back to the track ! |
| 5 | As on previous years , the start of the event which has come to be known simply as ‘ the ARC ’ was emotional : 121 boats ranging in size from 30ft to 75ft. ( 9 to 23m ) headed off for a transatlantic crossing to St Lucia in the Caribbean . |
| 6 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
| 7 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 8 | Endill told him the plan so far , and they headed off to the sick bay , Mr Litmus taking his pile of notes with him . |
| 9 | We needed a compass bearing to ensure we headed off in the right direction , a reminder that even a ‘ valley ’ walk can land the unwary in difficulties . |
| 10 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 11 | a talisman , a passport — and with Wood seeing them out onto the empty streets , he moved off through the cool , misty town , into Newlands Valley , over towards Buttermere , his heart hammering him on to get back to her before it was too late . |
| 12 | Eventually we moved off through the main gate of the camp to the Vorlager , or front camp , where the showers were situated . |
| 13 | As she moved off with the other mounted followers , Artemis determined that if her father thought it was time for her to stop riding ponies and learn to hunt on a horse , then so be it . |
| 14 | Then the rider relaxed his legs , the horse moved off into a working trot , the rider rising so much at one with the animal that he in his turn appeared to be performing a piaffe . |
| 15 | The first problem occurred when they left the road and moved off into the open desert . |
| 16 | Another short blast and the school moved off to the various classrooms . |
| 17 | Barn owls used to breed in the hay bales but when these were shifted the birds objected and moved off to the nearby quarry . |
| 18 | The cart moved off along the bumpy road towards the rocky mountains in the distance . |
| 19 | Then the line of vehicles pulled away one by one , forming a loose convoy as they moved off along the deserted main street , heading for the edge of town . |
| 20 | A ministerial statement issued after the killings claimed that , on parking the car , the three moved off toward the Spanish border where they were challenged by the security forces . |
| 21 | The party then moved off down the Spanish Steps to the Hotel della Villa where the main dinner and presentations took place . |
| 22 | The crowds who gathered on Alexanderplatz and then moved off on a winding trail through East Berlin were in any case convinced he was their man . |
| 23 | With a look of resignation , he removed his hand , took his glass from Donal , and , that fascinating little indent beside his mouth once more in evidence , he moved off towards the beckoning Dolores . |
| 24 | Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy . |
| 25 | It branched off opposite a small village , a satellite of Reggane , almost where I had begun walking . |
| 26 | At some point Kāli and I had stopped climbing and branched off to the left : but this was too narrow , an animal track . |
| 27 | Yet Lankester often ignored this warning in his own work , and suggested that all forms of life can be ranked into grades defined by the point at which they branched off from the main line of progress towards humankind . |
| 28 | Caroline and the rest of the group , who were raising funds for the BBC 's annual children in Need appeal , stopped off at a Turkish restaurant during their tour of four restaurants in Aberdeen . |
| 29 | Very much easier to produce , these weeping standards consist simply of an easily struck rambler cutting with only the one single strongest shoot allowed to develop into a whip and stopped off at the desired height — or you can throw all convention to the winds and simply use a short pillar , fix an umbrella into position , and let a normal growing rambler fall over it . |
| 30 | Many 's the night I 've walked back late from town and stopped off in the New Earswick hedgerows to supply them some used beer … |