Example sentences of "off an [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Editor , — Richard Smith 's editorial on academic medicine touched off an air of discontent within me . |
| 2 | The plane took off an hour behind time thanks to EC president Jacques Delors ' late arrival . |
| 3 | The person who is terrified of storms , while restraining him or herself from hiding in the hall cupboard , will still give off an aura of anxiety to a child who will then come automatically to associate fear with the sound of thunder . |
| 4 | White shirts for day give off an atmosphere of drip-drying which is not elegant . |
| 5 | Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ? |
| 6 | Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ? |
| 7 | In this context , Felicity ( Alice was still trying to banish the word ‘ squaw ’ from her mind ) Felicity gave off an impression of light and warmth , as if she had never presented herself as dark . |
| 8 | Take a meter reading off an area of grassland and lock in . |