Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [v-ing] off " in BNC.
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1 | That was Fiona , in the bed , on the bed , covers half off , the only light in the room coming from a little candle by the bedside , her hair spilled on the pillow ( the other pillow was on the floor ) … and that was Lachlan Watt , wrapped round her , body bucking like some horse , his hands at her neck , at one breast , in her hair , cupping her neck ; the covers sliding off , Fiona putting her arms wide , clutching at the bottom sheet of the bed at one side , clutching the edge of the bedside table with the other . |
2 | No , it was n't this that got on his nerves , but the monotony of his surrounding , the long , long road through the camp , the huts going off here and there , the airfield dotted with little planes , looking like toys , the new hall that was used for entertainments , pictures and the church services , standing out like a sore thumb . |
3 | — HOWARD Wilkinson yesterday turned on the pundits writing off Leeds United 's championship chances . |
4 | They are identical in the same way that the articles coming off a well-engineered assembly line are identical . |
5 | I thought it a bit extreme to take the unit off as I 've found a much simpler way of stopping this problem of the springs sounding off in the back . |
6 | The question is whether or not the syndicates running off their future liabilities did so in utmost good faith by revealing all pertinent facts about the contract . |
7 | If the syndicates running off their contracts were aware of the problems that were going to occur and did not inform Outhwaite , then they were not acting in utmost good faith . |
8 | that it came to make the amazing sounds , okay , and then after that , er , this is another thing it leads to is there 's going to be a break down in your sound machine , okay , there 's gon na be a break down in your , in your entire robotic machine , movement in our machine , and that break down could be due to some of the workers going off and getting some of them erm you know , one , er part of the machine breaking down on the whole , sound changes , the movement changes and we 're going to watch how this robotic machine changes as it breaks down , it could be sound shut down it could be it could be anything you choose , but I want it anyway , leave it to you so all you do is choose a profession , think of something that is , comes to life to you , in movement and in sound , okay , so let's get into groups of , see how many they are , one , two , three , four , five , six , seven , eight , nine , eighteen , nineteen , twenty , okay let's get into groups of four then , okay is that right , one , two , three , four , one , oh five , four , five , just get your group into a work in , I thank you if you do n't get |
9 | Body bags lay off to one side of the big intersection , while the corridors leading off were strewn with wreckage . |
10 | ‘ They have got the banks peeling off and they do n't know how it 's going to operate … |
11 | ‘ If he signs it will be like all the fireworks going off on Bonfire Night . ’ |
12 | At all times goods were being imported ; in much of England the distribution patterns imply unequal access to such goods , the quantities falling off rapidly beyond the point of entry or greatest consumption . |
13 | But three factors suggest their stumbling Christmas represents a pit stop rather than the wheels coming off altogether . |
14 | Hugh Manson has tried for the best combination of feel and usability by planing the fingerboard to a compound radius — a medium-curved 10″ radius near the headstock , but flattening right out to 16″ as it reaches the upper frets , in order to minimise the strings choking off when you play bent notes and to allow a lower overall action . |
15 | The edges are frayed , with the ends sloughing off . |
16 | End up with all the needles dropping off . |
17 | When they reached the massive entrance hall Michele waved a hand at the rooms leading off . |
18 | Houston Texas so you 've got the rockets going off in Florida being controlled by people in Texas , why ? |
19 | ‘ But it 'll take you the best part of two days to provide the concealment , ’ said Dorrainge , surveying Lugh 's neatly drawn plans and watching the men sawing off branches and raking up leaves from the forest floor . |
20 | She heard the numbers falling off and the cries of ‘ Try over-r-r-rl ’ and ‘ Edawick ! ’ as they took up station , one by one . |
21 | On the new album , Bring it on Home to Me stands out : mean Tyneside vocals and Irish pipes gloriously underpin the moody soul structures of Sam Cooke 's classic , the pipes taking off at one point as if on a Claptonesque guitar solo . |
22 | All the leaves getting off . |
23 | It was the ancient story of the Romans playing off outside powers , but it was opportune for Innocent . |
24 | One reviewer slammed the 40-minute ‘ Blue Room ’ single as ‘ hippy excrement ’ , while the finale of ‘ UF Orb ’ finds the dolphins blasting off from Earth in a freshwater spaceship , leaving mankind to stew in his own toxic waste . |