Example sentences of "off [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee , startled to see Philip , moved and the helmet which he had on the back of his head fell off on to the flagged floor . |
| 2 | I rode Drifter with the first lot in the morning and crashed off on to the wood chippings halfway up the gallop . |
| 3 | With the whole fleet converging on the first mark it can often get rather chaotic , as everyone is eager to blast off on to the reach . |
| 4 | Travelling along the island 's one main road and off on to the dusty tracks we were amazed at how friendly the locals were . |
| 5 | It 's silly things like that which get in the way of the actual show , so for the next series , I suggested a couch , low enough for me to put my arm over the back of it , but high enough to stop me sliding off on to the floor . |
| 6 | He turned off on to the taxiway and followed the green ‘ go ’ lights to a corner away from the main Terminal One . |
| 7 | The body was thrown off on to the track and the investigators with the exception of Sherlock Holmes were deceived into believing it had fallen from a carriage . |
| 8 | Did she turn off on to the single track road across the valley , or take the easy option and drive on towards Villereal ? |
| 9 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that we returned with an impression of economic chaos — and the impression that , although aid from this country and others is welcomed , it is feared that too much is being siphoned off on to the black market ? |
| 10 | Yussuf was pitched off on to the other side . |
| 11 | In female flowers , the flies are wedged in tightly , the thorax pollen being rubbed off on to the stigma . |
| 12 | There was a brief impression of two men stumbling down the track as though they had been hit in the leg , while the man with the pinned arm , having broken the arrow that held him , hurtled off in to the undergrowth . |
| 13 | then him and his mum got off along with the rest of the people what was the driver 's name ? |
| 14 | The wounded who seemed to have a chance of recovery were left on the jeeps and were sped off down through the village to the dressing stations on the other side of the River Orne . |
| 15 | Philip swung the bag at him and the dog ran off down towards the wood-shed . |
| 16 | When they come out , they are fry ; as they grow a little , they become parr ; larger still , they turn into smolt and fizz off down to the sea . |
| 17 | Immediately the current caught the oil-drum and with Simon still clinging to it , whisked it off down to the Lock and crashed it into the wooden gates . |
| 18 | Old paintings that have gold or silver in them and are on gesso ground are often found with the gold leaf or gilding scraped off down to the ground and the exposed gesso painted . |
| 19 | Heart attack victim Jeff , 72 , planned his send off down to the last detail . |
| 20 | Without consulting Ann , he announced that the boy was to be named after is grandfather Tristram Pascoe ; and having taken that decision he went off down to the harbour to see if Gristy was back from the fishing and to crow over winning the wager . |
| 21 | I thought , you know , nothing 's happening locally , so I 'm going off down to the pub for a noggin , noggin a lert . |
| 22 | To go away off up into the workings again . |
| 23 | She ran off up to the house , and managed to get to her room before anyone saw her . |
| 24 | YOU 'RE BACK OFF UP TO THE LAKE DISTRICT ? |
| 25 | My Queen , there is a gale and a high tide coming together , and the general view is that the women and children might be better off up in the hill-houses . ’ |
| 26 | After creating the maximum of confusion , they piled into the Lancia and set off back along the road for their rendezvous with the LRDG , accompanied by an Italian whom they had taken prisoner after he had foolishly asked Lewes for a light while the latter was placing a bomb on his truck . |
| 27 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
| 28 | Goodbye , Miss — er — ’ And she was off back down the corridor . |
| 29 | He closed the gate and they set off back down the dirt track towards the cottage . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll be as quick as I can , ’ he said to Bernice and set off back down the passageway with Rosheen . |