Example sentences of "off in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Surrey team 's goalkeeper Adrian Blake was helped off in the 57th minute , with his team already 3–0 down , after being apparently struck by a coin thrown from the crowd . |
| 2 | Personally , I will never forget the sight of Yannick Noah , the French Davis Cup captain , leaping almost four feet off the ground to acclaim the first and the seemingly impossible French victory in the Davis Cup since the ‘ Three Musketeers ’ carried it off in the thirties . |
| 3 | The pressure paid off in the 58th minute when central defender Whelan , scorer of a late winner at Southend on Saturday , rose to direct a far-post header over Stowell , in the Wolves goal , from one of Thompson 's many excellent dead-ball crosses . |
| 4 | We needed a compass bearing to ensure we headed off in the right direction , a reminder that even a ‘ valley ’ walk can land the unwary in difficulties . |
| 5 | The Goblins wait until the enemy are close by , and then push the Fanatic out towards the foe , giving him a good shove to start him off in the right direction . |
| 6 | Worst of all , some tiles are inaccessible without forming a bridge with others — think on your toes and pair them off in the right order , or it 's back to the beginning . |
| 7 | The double sweep 1 : both fighters square off in the right stance . |
| 8 | The pole jerks the hunters off in the right direction rather like a heavyweight human-diviner . |
| 9 | Could I also ask a question which you might be completely clear on , but I 'm not , when we do back checks on files and make sure they are all up to date and so on , we come across maybe a research approval which has n't been signed off in the right places , how far back in time do we need to get that signed off . |
| 10 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 11 | More thunder followed , while off in the far distance the small arrows of lightning , the silent celestial music , were still flickering . |
| 12 | The main consideration in gaining a clear conscience is that we work out the wording carefully in advance as the prodigal son did when he was off in the far country . |
| 13 | This management style appears to have paid off in the long and short terms . |
| 14 | ‘ Contacts at professional and academic level , seminars , familiarisation with techniques , will build up a rapport which tends to pay off in the long run , ’ he said . |
| 15 | If society 's resource could be used to make more output , even the poor might be better off in the long run . |
| 16 | Another former Conservative Cabinet minister , David Howell , chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , praised the Budget as a ‘ balanced and prudent ’ statement which would pay off in the long term . |
| 17 | The party leadership 's case — that the Scottish Secretary would be forced to select councillors to sit on the Committee of the Regions from a list supplied by the four parties , and this was a key concession which would pay off in the long term — was acknowledged by committee members . |
| 18 | By then Cambridge were down to ten men after skipper Danny O'Shea had been sent off in the 70th minute for a second bookable offence . |
| 19 | In Europe the craze for motoring took off in the twenties and thirties , helped in 1931 by the launching of the first cross-Channel ferry specifically designed to carry cars and their passengers . |
| 20 | Hirst , seven goals in nine games this term , is banned after being sent off in the 3-1 first leg defeat while £1 million new boy Bright is ineligible . |
| 21 | Making up yardage charts started in America in the late 1950s , took off in the 1960s and came to Britain in the 1970s . |
| 22 | Being sent off in the Metropolitan Police five-a-sides |
| 23 | ‘ Plancius ’ was anchored some way offshore because of shallow water and reefs , so when the first party went off in the inflatable , we could see no land at all and had to steer by compass . |
| 24 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
| 25 | At half-time a note was passed to the Scottish dressing-room telling the young striker that he would be shot if he did not ease off in the second half . |
| 26 | That does not suit every executive , particularly as the growth in profits has levelled off in the second half of this year . |
| 27 | Only Aston Villa defender Ugo Ehiogu and Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour , who limped off in the second half , emerged with any great credit . |
| 28 | There was no question of easing off in the second half . |
| 29 | Steaua 's Ionel Fulga and Antwerp 's Rudy Taeymans were sent off in the second half , Fulga for dangerous play and Taeymans for a second bookable offence . |
| 30 | I share her view that industry , commerce and individuals in this country are better off in the European Community than outside it . |