Example sentences of "[v-ing] off the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this writer it began when , shortly after stepping off the plane in Johannesburg , it became apparent that a few stitches sustained by the All Black winger Terry Wright in a training accident was deemed as worthy a front page news story as the continuous blood-letting in the Natal townships between rival ANC and Inkatha factions . |
| 2 | There were meadow browns , small skippers , and even painted ladies flitting among the tall flowering grasses on the canal bank , bending them over as they settled , knocking off the pollen in puffs of fine , yellow mist . |
| 3 | Nine out of ten of the 2/2 Independent Company were from the dry country districts of Western Australia , used to living in the bush , butchering their own meat , and improvising motor repairs — skills they found essential in living off the country in Timor and during their first year or so as an Independent Company stationed 250 miles ( 400km ) south of Darwin in the little town of Katherine with its corrugated buildings , its one hotel and two stores . |
| 4 | Hagen have six of these selling off the roll in 12″ 18″ and 24″ widths , and illustrating three tropically planted type backgrounds ; two reef style backgrounds , and a kind of tropical poolside jungle for terrariums . |
| 5 | Ben 's car 's going off the road in two weeks |
| 6 | is pouring off the bed in dark green folds . |
| 7 | He is stable and , all being well , will remain so for some considerable period of time.5 The motive for turning off the ventilator in this situation may be evil , or it may be good , as , for example , in the case of involuntary euthanasia intended to bring about an end to misery and suffering . |
| 8 | An amusing instance of this comes when Orlando , romantic lover whose normal level is verse , enters unknowingly on to a prose-scene with one blank-verse line : ‘ Good day and happiness , dear Rosalind ! ’ at which Jaques instantly observes with disgust , ‘ Nay then God buy you , an' you talk in blank verse ’ , marching off the stage in a huff ( As You Like It , IV.i.30f. : his exit is unaccountably not marked in the Riverside edition ) . |
| 9 | He drew a harsh breath , muttered something under his breath , then looked away and released her , getting off the bed in those dark blue trousers , his chest bare , thrusting his hands into his pockets , his back to her while she sat up and fumbled to rearrange her clothes , tears falling silently over her cheeks . |
| 10 | Somewhat less laconically , he wrote to the Viceroy in 1927 : ‘ I still think we were right in buying off the strike in 1925 , though it proved once more the cost of teaching democracy . |
| 11 | Another scenic excursion is to Leichtensteinklamm , a superb gorge , again you 'll be reeling off the film in your camera . |
| 12 | As each layer of weathered rock , or soil , has formed it has been washed away , or eroded , by the rain water running off the surface in streams and rivers . |
| 13 | The super bikes , with engines more powerful than 100 brake horsepower , are coming off the road in the interests of accident prevention . |
| 14 | TI 's Sparc marketing manager Phil Campbell said the first few lots of the reconstructed chip will be coming off the line in December with volumes following sometime during the first quarter . |
| 15 | These iterations should start coming off the line in the first quarter , another delay for what was supposed to be the standard Viking . |
| 16 | Just below the glen the valley widens out into what is known as Rocky Valley , finally dropping off the map in rugged cliffs with a fall of some fifty or so feet down to the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 17 | The vultures eat greedily , fighting over scraps , slipping off the rock in their haste to consume . |
| 18 | You may find your opponents talking at length of earlier items on the agenda or have late items postponed to a later meeting , or talking off the issue in order to divert the discussion . |
| 19 | Nearly falling off the roof in fright , Hilary grabbed frantically at the chimney stack to keep her balance . |