Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] off on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 2 | There were no relatives to travel with her to the grave , only strangers to see her off on the darkest of journeys . |
| 3 | Half-blinded by blood from his cuts , he put the plane into a dive and somehow managed to land the right side up — despite the appearance of a third enemy plane which tried to polish him off on the way down . |
| 4 | I used to rub it off on the way to school . |
| 5 | Yes , okay and we 're still coming round yet again and the last one cos she 's got quite a large fist , I 'll take it over the top , round the back and this one now I can tie , tie it off , sorry tie it off on the back of her hand now , I do n't want to tie it off on the front cos in a minute I want to put this into a sling not too tight ? |