Example sentences of "they [verb] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked you to cut worms in half , watch them wriggling off in two halves , made you draw blood with a compass , and watch it oozing out . |
| 2 | It was great to hear so many risks being taken , and hugely satisfying to hear so many of them paying off in such exhilarating fashion . |
| 3 | But never the less a lot of them started off like that did n't they ? |
| 4 | But the employers persuaded them to hold off until 1966 , when they settled for a mere 5 per cent rise over the three years to 1969 . |
| 5 | They made off with nine birds worth a total of £180 from a house in Studley Road . |
| 6 | They made off with nine birds worth a total of £180 from a house in Studley Road . |
| 7 | They made off with nine birds worth a total of £180 from a house in Studley Road . |
| 8 | They made off with nine birds worth a total of £180 from a house in Studley Road . |
| 9 | They made off with nine birds worth a total of £180 from a house in Studley Road . |
| 10 | They made off with nine birds worth a total of £180 from a house in Studley Road . |
| 11 | They made off with nine birds worth a total of £180 from a house in Studley Road . |
| 12 | They made off with nine birds worth a total of £180 from a house in Studley Road . |
| 13 | They made off with nine birds worth a total of £180 from a house in Studley Road . |
| 14 | The difficult part about this one is that people all have odd shaped heads , now and you find that if you put them on too high they squidge off like that , and you 've got to think of bandaging an egg basically , if you had an egg with a little hole in one end and you 've got to put a bandage round you 'd have to put it very carefully round the widest bit would n't you for it to stay firm and that 's the secret , everyone 's heads different and as you put it round you 've got to see where you can get it , where , sometimes it 's over the ears , sometimes it 's above the ears according to the peoples ' shaped , different shaped heads everyone 's different , anything else ? |
| 15 | And they drove off into another amazing wall of water . |
| 16 | As they drove off with some fast acceleration , Rose said , ‘ She 's probably out , anyway . |
| 17 | Shouldering their empty bait bags they jumped on their bikes and after a cheerful ‘ Watch out for mooring ropes , ’ from Yanto , they cycled off in opposite directions . |
| 18 | On Saturday , Dunstable 's match at Staines was abandoned after they walked off after three of their players were dismissed . |
| 19 | Glazed , red-rimmed , they stare off into some dim distant past that has mid-1980s written all over it . |
| 20 | They set off at half past five in Charlotte 's car . |
| 21 | They set off on 17 January , carried by Captain Hunter 's LRDG patrol and navigated once again by Mike Sadler . |
| 22 | As soon as they set off on separate duties , they both visibly relaxed . |
| 23 | Right hand gear change , non-synchromesh gearbox and in a very odd posture for driving , they set off for 5 laps in these amazing cars . |
| 24 | Eventually , after one false start , when Edward assumed ( wrongly ) that Helen would not come , they set off in late November '95 for a short walk to Wimbledon , followed four days later by a trip to Croydon . |
| 25 | It was fractionally too late when they signed off with three victories . |
| 26 | No he 'll be home before that today cos they leave at half eleven , they clock off at half eleven now . |
| 27 | He rejoices at the fact that they started off with small-town views , and began thinking globally . |
| 28 | They started off with two BMW dealerships , then in 1982 made a £3m bid for Derby-based Lea Foundries . |
| 29 | Well it , the way they started off in that cup final , last year |
| 30 | Nor do they branch off at acute angles or form perfect oblongs . |