Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WORLD-BEATING Merseyside high jumper Steve Smith leapt into a war of words with chief coach Frank Dick after learning he must jump off with rival Dalton Grant for a place in the British European Cup team . |
| 2 | Mental-health promotion programmes in the Third World must start off with clear aims before seeking help and advice from Western countries . |
| 3 | The bowling rate for each batsman should start off at Slow for the first ‘ over ’ of six balls , then go to Medium for the next over , and Fast for the third over ; this sequence then repeating if the same batsman is still at the crease . |
| 4 | If it is only 20 francs , Father will perhaps give me another 10 … and then I 'll rush off at tremendous speed . ’ |
| 5 | Then : ‘ Better still , let's dash off to Nice now and have one more night here . ’ |
| 6 | He looked like he 'd take off into outer space with animation . |
| 7 | You 'd start off with parliamentary business then have a review of foreign affairs , and very important departmental things may often have to be shoved out of the way to another Cabinet . |
| 8 | For example , migrating wading birds may stop off at particular estuaries en route from winter feeding grounds to summer breeding grounds ; and we will meet more examples ( eg of fish breeding in mangroves or coral reefs ) in the next chapter . |
| 9 | The cars used to set off at one-minute intervals , originally starting at 9.00 p.m. on a Saturday but that was changed in 1949 to midnight , . |
| 10 | About midnight we shall head off to Central Office . ’ |
| 11 | To escape the posse of photographers and television crews that were always lying in wait , they would set off at high speed along treacherous tracks , with Europe 's press in hot pursuit . |
| 12 | The pioneers of the NHS accepted that it would initially be necessary to increase the resources devoted to the service , but that this would level off as medical needs were satisfied . |
| 13 | On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place . |
| 14 | After morning parade , those not required for any tests or interviews would go off on working parties around the camp . |
| 15 | The actors from the Rites Of Passage company will stop off at Methodist Central Hall for a flashback to the Last Supper . |
| 16 | I believe pool will take off like American wrestling . ’ |
| 17 | They will go off to other projects , he fears , and the Ethiopians , in common with the rest of us who want to understand our origins , will be the losers . |
| 18 | They will go off to other projects , he fears , and the Ethiopians , in common with the rest of us who want to understand our origins , will be the losers . |
| 19 | The 1991 amateur circuit will kick off in traditional fashion with the Roehampton Gold Cup next month , while established tournaments like the Astor , Wentworth and Critchley Salvers , the St. Rule and Helen Holm Trophies , plus the ever-growing list of 36-hole ‘ open ’ tournaments , make life as an amateur a carefully planned operation . |
| 20 | OK , the salaries might not be much to write home about , but successful indie films can pay off in other ways . |