Example sentences of "off again " in BNC.

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1 4.00pm — We set off again ; this time via Tony 's home to collect a variety of possessions , finally arriving at hospital no.3 .
2 And both Bramble and Quince were relieved when their respective charges had finished lunch and set off again on their quest .
3 If you are aiming to go back for a landing , only stay long enough in that thermal to get properly centred before moving off again down to 1500 feet and starting to look for the next bit of lift .
4 ‘ Oh no , she 's off again . ’
5 Roger appeared , paused , said quietly to Maggie , ‘ So glad to see you two have got together , ’ and then took off again .
6 If Moby became nervous or anxious , I suggested Jeanne and John tried to ignore it and simply jolly him along unless he became overtly upset , in which case they were to offer short , protective verbal reassurance , insist gently on a ‘ sit ’ , then gradually lead him off again toward the object or person which had spooked him .
7 We 're off again , now wading almost waist-deep in water , stopping , starting , bumping into the man in front .
8 The train jerked and we were off again , next stop Fort William .
9 It was atypical of most provincial towns in that it had been a thriving industrial centre for some time , and was taking off again after the disruption caused by the Civil War .
10 ‘ He played it into the side but it powered off again and he complained that his arms were hurting , so I took the rod back from him and landed the fish , ’ he added .
11 That worried us as there were several great skuas working the sky above the bog , and we spent some time waiting for the goose to return before setting off again .
12 We are off again .
13 He goes off again when I give him his cloth back .
14 The aircraft will land , disgorge the troops and take off again immediately , being on the ground for less than three minutes .
15 The boats picked us up at a pre-arranged rendezvous and we sped off again to do a foot patrol on the lough shore road .
16 This a bedroom key for receptacle which turns on energy systems only when the fob is inserted — and turns them off again when the guest takes the key out to leave the room .
17 Or Jagger would come over from the next hotel and we 'd have late night ‘ looning ’ sessions , and then Angie and I would go off again with Zowie .
18 Yet it would be odd logic not to repair the machine just because the current might one day be cut off again .
19 He took it off again , inspecting the inside .
20 And he went off again .
21 We got on , and started off again through the lonely night , in pitch darkness , not a house or a lantern to be seen .
22 Sticky spider-webs clung to his hair ; little green frog-hoppers landed on him , then flicked off again .
23 We 're off again . ’
24 You know when you 've rubbed the olive oil on and licked it all off again ? well what 's that funny little stick for ?
25 It 's the sneak preview magazine article , the trailer , the review , the comic/book/T-shirt/toy of the film , the TV special about the making of the film , the spin-off series , the re-edited video release and finally the sequel , which starts it all off again .
26 If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) .
27 He did a runner on her , turned up here with a split bone or two , which I fixed , and then he headed off again . ’
28 She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning .
29 He snaked off again and within minutes the throng began moving towards dinner , dividing into ten to a table , lowering bottoms onto inadequate chairs , fingering menus , peering at the print through candlelight , scanning their allotted neighbours .
30 ‘ Today 's his last training gallop before that , so do n't fall off again .
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