Example sentences of "off [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leopold and Wolfgang went to masked balls and Wolfgang gave several concerts and took part in a contest of keyboard skills with another ex-child prodigy , Ignaz von Beecke , coming off somewhat the worse . |
| 2 | At the same time , cars were numbered in accordance with the time they set off so the thousands of spectators that lined the route could get some indication who was leading . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , as the tranquillizer wears off so the plunger gradually slides back up and the former level of stress returns . |
| 4 | After breaking ahead of his experienced Brazilian rival , Jose-Luis Barbosa , he simply stretched out the five-man field , only stepping on the accelerator off the last bend to hold off comfortably the late surge of runner-up , Belgian Luc Bernaert . |
| 5 | Pick off just the first flush of flowers from the ever-bearing kinds . |
| 6 | Christian set off early the next morning to ride to Burford . |
| 7 | His knowledge of Birkdale paid off handsomely a few years later as he accompanied Arnold Palmer to Palmer 's first Open win . |
| 8 | The way to avoid this disaster is to behead gradually — we took off about a third of the top growth every 7–10 days , so that the final beheading can be completed just above the implant by the end of March or mid April . |
| 9 | This kind of experience will readily turn an animal off even a preferred food , and the aversion lasts even in the absence of the emetic . |
| 10 | It is bactericidal and will kill off all the beneficial bacteria in your filter and on the surface of your gravel , probably causing a sudden rise in nitrates which will finish off even the hardiest fry . |
| 11 | To his horror , Legia — obviously inspired by American television — decided to make him the $6m man , a fee which inevitably frightened off even the wealthy Italians . |
| 12 | Barrie Clarke … says it was a tough race so much mud and he got thrown off quite a few times |
| 13 | He ran off almost an entire film that day , mostly on views , but of all the shots this one was the best of them . |