Example sentences of "just as [pron] [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as we set off , would you believe it , the heavens opened . |
| 2 | ‘ Two workmen saw it , luckily , and we all three got there just as you went off , like . |
| 3 | Sorry I took so long , but a customer came in just as you darted off . ’ |
| 4 | I managed to roll clear just as it flew off into the air , never to be seen again . |
| 5 | Sometimes , just as I drifting off to sleep , I can see Dan Rogers running the length of the pitch to slip the ball past Bob Wilson , or Allan Clarke 's diving header past Geoff Barnett in 1972 , or Willie Young presenting Ipswich Town 's Roger Osborne with an unmissable chance in 1978 , or Nigel Winterburn 's penalty miss ten years later , or Seaman palming Lineker 's cross-shot into the corner of the net in last year 's semi-final . |
| 6 | Deborah turned away from the signpost and began wading back through the deep undergrowth to the main path , intending to break into a run when she reached it ; but just as she turned off she heard a faint , distant , reedy cry , which stopped her in her tracks . |
| 7 | He gave a short laugh just as she rang off . |