Example sentences of "[adv prt] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't know what goes on off the course with the other guys ; their mental work and physical training . |
| 2 | But I mean we also , we , I mean we 're providing a service for them to allow them to come on off the street , use the bus , right , but at the same time were trying to provide services for them because one of the things that came out in a consultation was , young people did n't feel that there was enough information for them in the town . |
| 3 | As the winds begin to blow , the race is on off the coast of Britain to break the world windsurfing record . |
| 4 | Tredworth in green and black hoops were well and truly beaten on the field , but it is what went on off the field , that this cup game will be remembered for . |
| 5 | But you can take on off the T V there . |
| 6 | Foreshadowing the pressure his party will exert on Labour , Mr Ashdown said at a news conference in the National Liberal Club in London yesterday : ‘ I think they 've got to get down off the fence and I believe they will . ’ |
| 7 | Foreshadowing the pressure that the Liberal Democrats will exert on Labour , Mr Ashdown said at a news conference in the National Liberal Club in London yesterday : ‘ I think they 've got to get down off the fence and I believe they will . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If Dad comes home early we might get my Hornby down off the top of the wardrobe . ’ |
| 9 | Maggie came upon a pile of massive boulders , which had been swept down off the hills . |
| 10 | The rocks referred to were boulders that had come down off the moor in the flood . |
| 11 | I 'll give you another , it 's reckoned that ninety million tons of water , I 'll repeat that , ninety million tons of water , sufficient to supply the needs of this immediate area for over a hundred years , cascaded down off the moor that morning . |
| 12 | Boy stood outside the window and imagined the things he might see inside this magazine , should he ever take it down off the high shelf and open it , perhaps in the privacy of his room or perhaps right there on the street at five o'clock . |
| 13 | A shop assistant promised me that a head torch would ‘ bring me down off the mountain after dark ’ . |
| 14 | As the taxi moved down off the harbour bridge and into the suburb of Paradise , he remembered what Vasco had said , and turned to her . |
| 15 | That 's what we 're aiming for here — trying to make individually-designed guitars with real integrity that you can take right down off the shelf and use at a gig . ’ |
| 16 | Stepping down off the chair to pick it up , so did I , and I got stuck . |
| 17 | You will see that we have followed our own advice and climbed down off the fence here . |
| 18 | I jumped down off the wall and joined my sister who was standing behind them listening . |
| 19 | That mistaken arrogance , too , had let South Africa down off the field since boorish behaviour at receptions had earned the tour party a bad reputation . |
| 20 | Military and associated groups are not entirely blameless , as testified by the number of ration pack items discarded and it should be the duty of all in charge of such groups to ensure rubbish is brought down off the hill or from campsites . |
| 21 | But despite the handicap Essex made a terrific fight of it and only went down off the penultimate ball . |
| 22 | ‘ A Gnat honours his promise , ’ I told him , and I took his kite down off the racks I was amazed how light it was It was beautiful It was big , silicon black , with scarlet lines , and when I took it outside , the sun flashed rainbows off the shoulder hooks . |
| 23 | Alternatively you can turn right along the forest road then go left and drop down off the road to follow a track and waymarkers down to the car park . |
| 24 | Artemis reached up and took it down off the shelf . |
| 25 | " Jesus , but you frightened the life out of me , " Patrick whispered hoarsely , climbing down off the window ledge . |
| 26 | Swaledale opened up below us as we stepped down off the tops . |
| 27 | Then it shook itself , got down off the mushroom , and moved slowly away into the grass . |
| 28 | It floats above us , gleaming in the darkness as if supported on a cloud of talk and booze while the people below swarm and chat and roar Andy on ; the champagne — already dripping down off the edges of the table onto the temporary matting beneath from spillages — is almost overflowing the second-last level of glasses . |
| 29 | I think about telling her that Andy was there , in his sleeping bag , listening the whole time , but while I 'm thinking about it something goes wrong ; there must have been a flaw in one of the glasses , or the weight is just too much , because there 's a cracking sound and one side of the pyramid starts to collapse , sending an avalanche of falling glass and frothing champagne spilling crashing down off the table and smashing , bouncing and splashing onto the mats and the floor below . |
| 30 | He got down off the cart to pick a leaf from a roadside bush , and hoisting himself back into his seat resumed his journey , sucking on the leaf as he started to explain . |