Example sentences of "[vb infin] off in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watch that brickwork dry off in the sun , it 'll be as pale as the arch , here , in ten minutes . |
| 2 | it does n't fall off in the soup , it never falls off , it 's only the ones you see on the advertisements that fall off . |
| 3 | Some have even kept their tattoos hidden from their children and have been reluctant to explain why they will not peel off in the sun . ’ |
| 4 | Wash your cans up erm and er and then they 'd go and finish off in the corn fields . |
| 5 | Bristleworms of all sizes should always be handled with forceps ; those fluffy white spines can break off in the fishkeeper 's skin . |
| 6 | The surface of the etch-resist ink might wash off in the developer but a layer of ink can still be left on the board , because the UV light has not had enough time to penetrate all the way through the resist . |
| 7 | He will stop off in the town on his way from London to his constituency in Scotland . |
| 8 | Weighed down by a burden of ‘ domestic Sorrows & external disappointments ’ that threatened to overwhelm him , he turned once again to Tom Poole — ‘ my dear , very dear Friend ’ — and on about 15 May set off in the carrier 's van for Stowey . |
| 9 | It is useful to quote the size of the repeat when ordering fabric for curtains or blinds so that you do not cut off in the middle of a formalized pattern . |
| 10 | They would take off in the event of a German cut , which would make lower UK rates more likely . |
| 11 | Members of the farm attractions group hope their initiative will pay off in the form of more visitors . |
| 12 | It 's very easy to be swept along when you 're feeling enthusiastic , but enforced spells of patience can pay off in the end . |
| 13 | But the hard work now should pay off in the spring with a fine show of bluebells . |
| 14 | He let his voice trail off in the hope that Naseby would not enquire further into such a delicate matter . |
| 15 | Almost exactly a year later , a bomb did go off in the basement car park during the evening rush hour , causing many minor casualties , and about £350m in damage , about ten per cent of which was ultimately reinsured in the London market . |
| 16 | And she sang a few bars into the mouthpiece , swaying a little , watching the lights go off in the theatre . |
| 17 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 18 | I stick on my coat and jam the hat on so it wo n't come off in the wind . |
| 19 | Two-thirds of the World Cup games will kick off in the afternoon for television purposes . |
| 20 | Last night , bets on what the premium would be ranged from 20p to 35p , which means the shares could kick off in the region of £2 compared to the 165p offer price . |
| 21 | WOUNDED but still doggedly alive , Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is lurching remorselessly towards the Democratic presidential nomination — to the delight of White House strategists who are mostly convinced he will be a wonderfully bloodied candidate for President Bush to beat up and kill off in the autumn . |