Example sentences of "off [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rate of flow of gas blowing off through these vents is often surprisingly fast . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've had a few guilty twinges about ticking you off about those steps . |
| 3 | Things like how not to mouth off about any ideas you might have . |
| 4 | In fact , during pregnancy , she becomes able to ingest and utilise more of the necessary substance than is required by the child alone so that by the end of pregnancy she will be better off for such substances as nitrogen , calcium etc. than she was at the beginning . |
| 5 | Tony 's back now so we 're off for some gnocchi . |
| 6 | No , erm , she sent off for some curtains |
| 7 | In February the Japanese made a great effort to surround a British and Indian force in Arakan , but the result was a resounding victory for our men , who had indeed been cut off for some days , but supplied by air . |
| 8 | ‘ Having studied these on and off for some days , what is your opinion ? ’ |
| 9 | However , before getting too carried away and concluding that detailed activity-based accounting may soon be outdated , and replaced by more simple machine-time analyses , it must be remembered that the extremes of CIM are still a long way off for most industries . |
| 10 | Remember you must check in at least 1 hour 30 minutes before take off for most flights . |
| 11 | In fact they were off for most trials . |
| 12 | Worst hit were the Devon seaside towns of Sidmouth and Exmouth , which were cut off for several hours on Wednesday . |
| 13 | It can also spread to the neck , arm or jaw and does n't usually ease off for several hours . |
| 14 | The centre of Milton Keynes was sealed off for several hours after a coded telephone message warned of a bomb in the town 's main shopping centre . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , some 300 potato farmers dumped 3,000 tons of potatoes on roads to the north western town of Pontivy , cutting it off for several hours . |
| 16 | Concerned about the increasing number of complaints from neighbours of alarms sounding off for several hours the council has pledged to help end the menace . |
| 17 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 18 | She agreed , but said that before he began work with Brian Harley — after the Safari circuit but before the European Tour began — he had gone off for several days ’ training . |
| 19 | But , apart from a winter break , whatever is planned around the 23rd relates to one specific plan or association which has been on and off for several months and is now back on again . |
| 20 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |
| 21 | Throughout this fact sheet ( unless otherwise stated ) we use the 65+ cut off for both sexes ; the retired population is therefore larger than the elderly population . |
| 22 | Ah , yeah , yeah , so , you take that off , you take the six off for those boxes that 's a hundred , take fifteen off for the t-shirts , you 're talking eighty five pounds then . |
| 23 | Toilet lanolin , obtainable from any chemist , with its base of an oily substance extracted from wool , is an adequate curative , rubbed well into the leather and polished off after several days . |
| 24 | This has the effect that the bank will be unable to combine that account or set it off against any amounts owed to the bank by the SFA member firm and , in the event of the insolvency of the SFA member firm , the funds in the account will not pass to the liquidator but will remain subject to the trust in favour of the clients contributing the money . |
| 25 | Now we 're off along some alleys , cutting west till we reach the railway viaduct . |
| 26 | Impatiently , she said , ‘ When you went off with those papers , there was something you left behind . |
| 27 | ‘ What do you think Father and Mother would say if they knew you were even thinking of going off with those kids — and at this time of night ! |
| 28 | Newcastle upon Tyne , a city of 273 000 people and regional capital of the north east , starts off with several advantages for community care . |
| 29 | They broke into the house in Scotto Crescent through the patio doors and made off with several ornaments . |
| 30 | Our first evening out in France had gone off with several bangs and broken glass . |