Example sentences of "off from the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made her way down the corridor that led off from the bar room , continually glancing over her shoulder , half expecting to see either her father or her uncle behind her . |
| 2 | Turning off from the north-south highway some twelve miles north of the Makaa , the track leading to the cabin had been made first by loggers and then improved by a quarrying company some forty years ago . |
| 3 | Having just wed , and her husband laid off from the cotton mill only four days since , her wages were now the only ones coming in , and she lived in fear of being put out of work . |
| 4 | Although Evert had the day off from the Federation Cup yesterday , her presence was still felt , particularly by the Australian team , who surprisingly defeated Bulgaria 2-1 . |
| 5 | You could , for example , divide the table area off from the working area with a storage/serving wall or the sort of peninsular unit described on pages 107 and 116 . |
| 6 | Entertainment would come in the form of the funfair , races and sports for the children , sideshows and tents packed with crafts and fancy merchandise , pleasure flights in light aircraft taking off from the company runway , and then , much later in the evening , the grand firework display that would wind up the day 's events . |
| 7 | The dots represent the angles at which pigeons flew off from the release site : the direction home is straight up ; straight down represents 180° away from home . |
| 8 | Malt sugar solution ( wort ) is run off from the MASH TUN through the UNDERBACK to the COPPER . |
| 9 | The YCCC however were able to raise public awareness of the issues involved , and in doing so learned that the only taxes coming from the tannery were those being paid by the workers themselves , that the city was grossly undercharging the tannery for the use of the sewage treatment plant , and that there was a sewer-use ordinance that , if enforced , would solve the problem immediately by cutting the tannery off from the sewage treatment plant . |
| 10 | But they do n't actually scoop it out off from the blast furnace , they drill a hole in the side where they 've plugged it with a lump of clay . |
| 11 | In terms of short-term economic measures , the main thrust of government policy was to drain off from the economy excess money which was fuelling inflation , contributing to constant shortages and frustrating efforts at economic control . |
| 12 | The bay was defined by fine trees at the top of cliffs at one side , and at the westward extremity towards the open sea a strange cluster of white rocks split off from the chalk cliff . |
| 13 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
| 14 | At 0600hrs Hawaii time on December 7 Commander Mitsuo Fuchida , who led the formations , took off from the carrier Akagi — the first wave of 183 attacking aircraft included forty-three Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeros , first off to form the top cover , led by Lt/Cdr Shigeru Itaya , then 51 Aichi D3A4 Val dive bombers , led by Lt/Cdr Kuichi Takahashi , 49 Nakajima B5N2 Kate bombers and 40 B5N2 fitted with torpedoes led by Cdr Shegeharu Murata followed . |
| 15 | The couple then drove off from the beauty spot at Fort Nelson , near Fareham , Hants . |
| 16 | Via Mercanti leads off from the north-west corner of the square . |
| 17 | Twenty years ago , many of the smaller economies were more or less cut off from the world market economy . |
| 18 | The Davidians split off from the Sabbath Day Adventist church in the nineteen thirties . |
| 19 | It was right at the very beginning when you had to ask him about the introduction , I thought you were going straight off from the business card and all the rest of it and what you actually had was your C C Q in front of you because it took you all that time to get round to it . |
| 20 | They were given no votes or erm opportunities and of course the same thing will happen if and when the Parcelforce is sold off from the Post Office er there 's twenty thousand people there . |
| 21 | And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station . |
| 22 | A nearly full complement of 673 passengers cast off from the city dock this day , dark with continuous rain . |
| 23 | I just do not know what aircraft this was , I had never seen such a type before , but he made a very cautious circuit and then to my amazement an approach to land despite the red Very lights pooped off from the control tower . |
| 24 | The foreman 's office was partitioned off from the shop floor and from it one could see the men at work on the machines — five or six of them — but part of the floor was screened off by large canvas sheets suspended from the roof trusses . |
| 25 | He glanced right and saw another half-dozen Dragoons racing to cut him off from the cart track . |