Example sentences of "off [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travelling along the island 's one main road and off on to the dusty tracks we were amazed at how friendly the locals were . |
| 2 | Yussuf was pitched off on to the other side . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that we returned with an impression of economic chaos — and the impression that , although aid from this country and others is welcomed , it is feared that too much is being siphoned off on to the black market ? |
| 4 | Lee , startled to see Philip , moved and the helmet which he had on the back of his head fell off on to the flagged floor . |
| 5 | Did she turn off on to the single track road across the valley , or take the easy option and drive on towards Villereal ? |
| 6 | Huy understood why he had been dropped here , from where a large number of roads led off back to the various parts of the city , but guessed that they had underestimated his knowledge of the twisting muddle of streets that formed the harbour quarter . |
| 7 | There could be no greater indication of the contrast between me two friends ' approach to their craft than a comparison between The Lost Road , tentatively built up stage by stage , with an infinite number of backward glances at the whole mythology that has gone before , and Lewis 's self-confident brush strokes as he dashed off Out of the Silent Planet . |
| 8 | A fifty-pound bomb , planted in his fishing boat , exploded as he set off out of the little harbour of Mullaghmore to inspect lobster pots . |