Example sentences of "[to-vb] off [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like thoroughbred horses chafing at their bits before an important race , they are liable at any moment to sprint off at a hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction . |
| 2 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 3 | He now travelled in disguise from St Malo on 18 December 1715 , to Dunkirk , from where , after a six-week wait , he was at last able to set off on a small eight-gun 200-tonner , for Scotland . |
| 4 | Words about words tend to float off into a mysterious space of their own — though I hope most of those we have used have been firmly pinned down . |
| 5 | As he was all poshed up in his best uniform , ready to go off on a 48-hour pass , he was not best pleased at this turn of events . |
| 6 | The sensible thing to do , having made the initial impact , was to walk off in a slow and menacing way , leaving Quigley to gibber . |
| 7 | ‘ I feel dressed to sail off on a luxury cruise . ’ |
| 8 | Things starting to ease off following a busy rush hour this morning . |
| 9 | However , the grouting can easily get discoloured and dirty-looking , so it might bc better to start off with a dark grouting from the beginning . |
| 10 | ‘ I had to start off with a Japanese Top 40 guitar — inch high action ! |
| 11 | So we only we only need to start off with a third of that . |
| 12 | This allows customers to start off with a diskless system and expand gradually up to 5Gb . |
| 13 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |
| 14 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 15 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
| 16 | An analyst yesterday said the issue ‘ is set to get off to a good start ’ . |
| 17 | The first year of the new HCIMA programmes of study was shown to get off to a good start , with over 740 student enrolments . |
| 18 | ‘ We have got to get off to a good start and then maintain momentum , ’ said the 24-year-old Llewellyn . |
| 19 | We need to get off to a good start in the league . |
| 20 | IT 'S GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING RACE , AND IT LOOKS as if IMPROV FROM LOTUS — WHICH REALLY GRABS WINDOWS BY THE THROAT — IS GOING TO GET OFF TO A FLYING START . |
| 21 | In we were fortunate in that the time of the introduction of L M S coincided with the all too brief period when this group was in control of the Council and as the window of opportunity opened to get off to a flying start |
| 22 | In addition , they can be made to break off under a large side load and in so doing , perhaps prevent further damage being done to the fuselage . |
| 23 | If you do run into lift , you must assess the situation on each turn , being ready to break off for a normal base leg and approach . |
| 24 | Below : to take off in a camper van ( see page 70 ) , find the words in this grid — and do n't forget the competition entry token |
| 25 | In his billowing white surplice he looked like a dishevelled old bird struggling to take off in a high wind . |
| 26 | He had badly wanted to sign off with a first victory in Adelaide and a record 10th in a single season . |
| 27 | This Pentax weather-resistant camera arrived to be tested at a very opportune moment — I was just about to head off for a surfing weekend in North Cornwall . |
| 28 | but we obviously have to cut off at a certain time to er get the accounts and audited in time . |
| 29 | If you have not been impressed by the very positive connection between a lack of dietary fibre and the incidence of' cancer of' the colon , and the possible connections between fibre and heart disease , you are unlikely to rush off for a wholemeal loaf in order to prevent appendicitis or gall stones , just two of the other ailments being associated with our fibre-depleted modern diets . |
| 30 | We have him bang to rights on the kiosk heist and Special Forces caught him redhanded holding up the auction room and trying to make off with a green canvas portmanteau . ’ |