Example sentences of "[vb -s] off [det] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The passage which starts off all the activity is Acts 13 verses 2 and 3 . |
| 2 | As Plutarch says ( Aratos xvi ) of the Akrokorinth : ‘ it hinders and cuts off all the country south of the Isthmus from intercourse , transits , and the carrying on of military expeditions by land and sea , and makes him who controls the place with a garrison sole lord of Greece . ’ |
| 3 | In that way you will either have a subtle blend of colours that is always pleasing to look at , or a bright cheerful picture that shows off all the flowers . |
| 4 | Bill breaks off half the pastry . |
| 5 | ‘ It used to live on us , on the surface of our skin , and eventually followed our skin — which falls off all the time in minute flakes — so it now feeds away from us , on those fallen skin scales . |