Example sentences of "took off [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 We took off into the last of the evening sun in poor visibility and I do not recall seeing any of the aircraft that took-off in front of me rise in the evening murk , I was too busy putting the nose down and squeezing a bit more speed out of the lumbering Whitley as we cleared the boundary .
2 On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents .
3 On the day appointed , the aircraft took off with the first stick , all of whom landed successfully .
4 Liam McNamara ( a North Shore surfer riding a Willis Phazer ) took off on the first , followed by Tony Moniz ( another local ) on the second and Carroll on the third .
5 We took off on the last leg for Tromsø .
6 We all took off on the last hundred yards ' dash and I was mildly surprised to find that the first man past the post was myself — and I was n't really out of breath .
7 I took off at the first light and made the rendezvous as planned and found the fighters had just become airborne .
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