Example sentences of "as [art] [noun] [vb base] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , as the couple fly off for another holiday in Richard 's private jet , they can be happy in the knowledge that in the unlikely event that Richard should ever loose his millions , they 'll be able to live on love . |
| 2 | When the work started the house was furious , she put every possible obstacle in the way of the builders and arranged for it to rain as soon as the slates come off . |
| 3 | On the far bank they might just discern the silhouette of a straining horse on the tow-path ; from nearby they might just hear a discreet splosh as the eel-fishermen cast off and slipped out into the stream . |
| 4 | I thought of the horse 's silhouette on the far bank , and the quiet splosh as the eel-fishermen cast off . |
| 5 | Jeffrey Archer and Sir Tim Bell sailed resolutely towards the lobsters and champagne as the Tories cast off for a fourth term in office . |
| 6 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |