Example sentences of "off [prep] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking a day off between shows in Chapel Hill and Charlotte , North Carolina , we head towards the UMWA District 28 office ‘ just behind the Pizza Hut ’ in Castlewood , Virginia . |
| 2 | He started off as doctor in the house , then he moved to doctor at sea and now he 's doctor in trouble , as a result of these Government policies . |
| 3 | Known as ‘ Puffin' since childhood because of his hooked nose , he had worked with Baird on four previous films and had just finished making The Millionairess , starring Sophia Loren , when he set off for Sweden in October 1960 . |
| 4 | BOURNEMOUTH Golden Oldies Hockey Festival International event for the over 35s with teams from Fiji , New Zealand , Canada and West Germany bullying off for supremacy in the week long tournament . |
| 5 | He set off for Spain in August 1965 to film A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum with director Richard Lester . |
| 6 | He certainly liked Alix , and after the demo he took her off for lunch in a pub and then for a walk to his room in King 's , where he showed her his pots and his paintings . |
| 7 | McManus notes that ‘ aggression does not pay off for girls in the way some boys find it does for them ’ , with the result that many girls adapt to the social world of school in a different way . |
| 8 | Synners ' midfielder Barney Malone was sent off for retaliation in the second half . |
| 9 | On his father 's instruction Mozart and his mother set off for Paris in March 1778 . |
| 10 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 11 | THIS is a bit hard to understand but some audacious young men from Newcastle have set off for Europe in the company of Ermentrude the Cow from The Magic Roundabout . |
| 12 | He immediately set off for Germany in a van and the rest is history . |
| 13 | They stopped off for drinks in the country and it was about one o'clock in the morning before they were home . |
| 14 | Thomson , eager to experience as many of these opportunities as possible , set off for Penang in 1862 . |
| 15 | Her conscience at peace , Julia set off for dinner in a mood to enjoy herself . |
| 16 | The alternative to managerialism was ‘ corporatism ’ , a concept which had earlier found application in the study of fascism but which was now dusted off for use in what seemed like a new social era . |
| 17 | Man ran off after incident in Laindon , Essex . |
| 18 | The switching on and off of genes in different cells is fundamental to the programme of development . |
| 19 | The outstanding ties are the visit of Barnet , who almost made the Fourth Division twice in recent seasons , to Cambridge City 's four-year-old stadium ; a derby between Dover and Folkestone , who had four players sent off against Redhill in the previous round ; and , by a nice coincidence , the meeting of Bishop Auckland , defectors to the HFS Loans League , and South Bank , loyal to their roots , almost exactly a century on from their historic match . |
| 20 | Five years ago , Ally McCoist was given a three-match ban after being sent off against Cologne in a UEFA Cup tie . |
| 21 | For both discretionary and non-discretionary trusts , trust management expenses will be treated as set off against dividends in priority to other income . |
| 22 | If we put our heads over the top they 'll pick us off like ducks in a shooting gallery . |
| 23 | The men within would then be fired upon through holes in the roof , picked off like pigeons in a cote , Isabel had thought when she had ridden through it earlier . |
| 24 | He ticked them off like items in a catalogue . |
| 25 | Or it can be used to express requests for which one can assume willingness to comply : ( 209 ) ( She ) took me by the hand , and bidding me be of good cheer , set off with Gus in a coach , to pay a visit to those persons . |
| 26 | I do n't want him to know we 've got divers aboard and I especially do n't want him to see me taking off with divers in the general direction of the Delos . |
| 27 | The underlying assumption was that the likelihood of marriage between people from different villages drops off with increase in geographical distance between the villages . |
| 28 | Beyond a certain point however , the amount of improvement tailed off with increase in context . |
| 29 | Cold-blooded creatures would need very even temperatures if their intelligence was not to switch on and off with variations in the weather . |
| 30 | Cranston whispered to his wife , then waddled off with Athelstan in tow , pushing through the crowd towards the royal enclosure . |