Example sentences of "off [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His jacket was torn off during the first verse and his shirt during the second , then the Little Sweep realized he had made a monumental error and tried to tell the two schoolmasters not to remove his trousers . |
| 2 | These are also concentrated in Kent with 65 per cent of the total ( 25 per cent at Faversham alone ) , and there is little change in this pattern through time except that the total quantities fall off during the seventh century . |
| 3 | And then a percent I could get you a percent off as a first time buyer . |
| 4 | Then Gannon struck in the 81st minute and added the third with a penalty after Exeter 's Kevin Miller was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 89th minute . |
| 5 | Alan McDonald was sent off for a second bookable offence as Queens Park Rangers lost 2–1 to Tottenham . |
| 6 | Apollon did n't help their cause when they had Marios Charalambous sent off for a second bookable offence a minute before the break . |
| 7 | Earlier , with just seconds remaining of normal time , Mark Hughes had been sent off for a second bookable offence and his team mates then produced a magnificent display of courageous football to keep themselves in this tie . |
| 8 | Middlesbrough fans feared the worst when central defender Nicky Mohan was sent off for a second bookable offence . |
| 9 | So we set off for a last look round . |
| 10 | Jeffrey Archer and Sir Tim Bell sailed resolutely towards the lobsters and champagne as the Tories cast off for a fourth term in office . |
| 11 | In a game against Aberdeen , he was sent off for the 13th time in his career for fouling John McMaster , and the Pittodrie player was taken to hospital with neck injuries . |
| 12 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 13 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 14 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 15 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 16 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 17 | At the same time , on the other side of the range , Christophe Moulin , a 33-year-old guide from Briancon , set off for the first solo ascent ( and incidentally the first repeat ) of Jean-Marc Boivin 's Ballade Au Clair du Lune : a hooks-and-copperheads A4 on the south face of the Fou . |
| 18 | Second-row Jackson was sent off for the first time in his career along with South Wales Police hooker Colin Hillman after the two were caught wrestling off the ball . |
| 19 | In a million bathrooms , pores breathed sighs of relief as the trowelled-on layers of moisturiser , foundation , blusher , shaper , powder , eye liner , eye shadow , mascara , lashes , and lipstick were scraped off for the first time in decades . |
| 20 | Because of this , my aunt and I returned home and ate before setting off for the first of our two destinations . |
| 21 | Aid workers say Central Bosnia , cut off for the first time this Winter by the war between Croats and Muslims , is facing a humanitarian catastrophe . |
| 22 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
| 23 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 24 | like that or your power is cut off because the E the M E B is digging the road up down and they say that your electric will be off for the next |
| 25 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | OMAGH TOWN had a man sent off for the third game in a row as they were outclassed at Shamrock Park . |
| 28 | The lights flickered on and off for the last dance . |
| 29 | Speaking last night from the motel in Kelowna , 400 miles north of Vancouver , where she has lived on and off for the last three years , Mrs Allan said : ‘ I am not coming home until I have got my child . |
| 30 | Nor does it rely principally on my experience in classrooms , though I have been , briefly , a secondary schoolteacher and have been visiting schools and working with young people in a variety of ways on and off for the last sixteen years . |