Example sentences of "off on [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the secretaries kindly dropped me off on her car route home , which — as it was bucketing rain yet again — I appreciated . |
| 2 | As they headed off on their Whitsun holiday , backbenchers were already muttering about the next shake-up . |
| 3 | In the women 's competition , the Long Road squad , led by Norfolk 's top two county players Amanda Brown and Judy Rich , were favourites to win the national title for indoor tennis clubs — and they soon showed why , as they set off on their victory trail with a quick dismissal of Queen 's in the opening doubles rubber of the semi-final . |
| 4 | now taking us off on our action round-up tonight is Chris Symonds of Oxford … he 's going for gold … he 's going on the scariest sporting ride of all |
| 5 | It was n't until I heard Dennis say , ‘ I 'll just fetch up another bottle of the Hunter Valley ’ that it was borne in on me that the woman who was frenching me and bringing herself off on my belt buckle was none other than Karen Parsons , the wife of Dennis Parsons , who was currently six feet away on the other side of the dining-room door and closing rapidly . |
| 6 | A stack of OHP foils , on the other hand , can be run off on your laser printer for virtually nothing and have a number of significant advantages . |
| 7 | When he took off on his return flight in a small twin-engined plane , one of the engines failed , and the pilot , whether by accident or design I do n't know , did a swift turn and made an emergency landing back on the airfield , missing the Control Tower by about three feet . |
| 8 | They were settled there as early as 1899 , and it was from that address that the only one of their children to marry — Henry James — set off on his wedding day , 8 September 1902 . |