Example sentences of "off [prep] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned and rushed back towards the cage ; but finding the gate barred , he skittered off towards the nearest group of spectators , hotly pursued by his enemy . |
| 2 | He ambled off towards the nearest tray . |
| 3 | There was also mild throat-clearing as Mr Major strode off towards the largest car ferry in Europe with the words : ‘ Let's go and look at this boat ! ’ |
| 4 | Start off with the highest SPF cream and only change gradually to a lower rating . |
| 5 | If you are not , and I have to stress this very carefully then they will call the nearest available garage and the garage will come there very quickly and they will tow you off into the nearest exit and there they will leave you and that can cost you probably , in excess of ninety pounds . |
| 6 | Derek stumbled off into the nearest clump of vegetation and disturbed three petrified rabbits . |
| 7 | The object of the game is to see who can shake it off in the shortest time without using their hands , but they can move their head in any direction they wish . |
| 8 | Professor Klaus Pinkau , director of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics , points out that there are drawbacks to centralising research away from universities — for example , academics who in theory have time and resources for research are cut off from the best facilities . |
| 9 | Several hours later Sten found a warden who sailed out to the island and dropped the guys off on the nearest bit of mainland . |
| 10 | If you have practised all the new skills available to you with the K858 , you could , at this stage , create a garment combining a selection of textures that all go well together , choosing from Fair Isle , lace and cables and placing them to set each other off to the best advantage . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think that quite sets it off to the best advantage , sir . ’ |
| 12 | Thus , for example , rather than barring production above current levels of , say , asbestos at each plant throughout the nation , a ceiling on national production could be imposed with the rights to manufacture within the total being auctioned off to the highest bidders . |
| 13 | So you can carve up the remains and sell them off to the highest bidders ? ’ |
| 14 | A presidential decree , reported in full in Rossiskaya gazeta of June 18 , allowed state enterprises which failed to pay their debts to the state and to private creditors within three months to be declared bankrupt and either liquidated or auctioned off to the highest bidder for a limited period of time for independent management ( the new managers to be treated as owners , but debarred from dismissing more than 30 per cent of the work force ) . |
| 15 | Mind you the best ones would be by er those ones they 've been selling off to the highest offer . |
| 16 | There were even police standing in the wings ready to cart everybody off to the nearest station should the forbidden line be recited . |
| 17 | Most people imagine that the Inquisition terrorised the population , swooping like the Gestapo on wide-eyed villagers , dragging old women with black cats off to the nearest duck-pond to be drowned as witches . |
| 18 | I do n't suppose I was more than 10 when the harvesters sent me off to the nearest pub to get some cider in a couple of bottles . |
| 19 | In order to persuade us to carry our cats off to the nearest surgery for ‘ altering ’ , the many benefits of the operation are extolled at length . |
| 20 | Laughter is a marvellous preventative medicine whether you feel low or not always it does you good if you take yourself off to the nearest comedy film or show . |
| 21 | Subsequently , he was often seen scratching at his groin on the set , and , guessing the nature of his problem , director Nicholas Ray marched him off to the nearest chemist for a healthy dose of crabocide . |
| 22 | No , he 'd scarper , and leave me to get hauled off to the nearest loony-bin . |
| 23 | These are rounded off to the nearest number of complete bars . ) |
| 24 | Across the nation aristocratic backwoodsmen , a tribe previously thought to be on the verge of extinction , tottered off to the nearest railway station to obey the summons . |
| 25 | If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu . |
| 26 | Up to 50 images can be stored at once and if that is not enough , you can always transfer the images to an Apple Powerbook to make more space — a bit of a culture shock for anyone used to filling up a camera bag with film and dashing off to the nearest photo lab . |
| 27 | The Israeli-Syrian track got off to the fastest start last year , when the new Rabin government promised to trade at least some of the Golan Heights for peace . |
| 28 | So , will you join me , or should I drop you off at the nearest station ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 30 | I nearly always won , as I remember ; and as we left the club or the hall I would make quite a show of hailing a taxi , offering to drop Julian off at the nearest tube . |