Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty years ago , many of the smaller economies were more or less cut off from the world market economy . |
| 2 | Now he could see the world ranging round him , as it were , free , exciting and full of possibilities , neither limited by the encircling arms of Jesus , nor somehow squared off in a kind of boxing ring , with Marx , Engels , Lenin and Hegel fierce at every corner , barring all the exits . |
| 3 | Today , although virtually cut off from the outside world and still subject to army harassment , the community remains determined to stay put . |
| 4 | Given the general distrust of authority amongst the user population and the problems encountered in obtaining treatment and successfully coming off in the community , there is obviously a need for a service which is seen by users to be impartial . |
| 5 | These remarkable flies with wasp-like markings hang motionless in the air — hence the name of hover fly — and suddenly shoot off to a different position ; their flight is a series of sudden darting movements . |
| 6 | As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre . |
| 7 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |
| 8 | Harriet 's voice had grown bleaker as she spoke and finally broke off on a clipped note of finality . |
| 9 | When trodden on , these spines puncture flesh and usually break off inside the resulting wounds , ensuring the prolonged insertion of the painful poisons . |
| 10 | He then slowly pulled out some bank notes and furtively handed them over to the large man , who patted him on the back and quickly got off at the next station . |
| 11 | There were some heart-stopping moments in the Town goalmouth , but they survived and nearly ran off with a win . |
| 12 | Did she then grow impatient , and concerned at the pasty cooling in the wickerwork basket , lighted a candle and bravely set off up the tunnel determined that her daddy would have a hot meal ? |
| 13 | I said I believed them to be following the correct route and then crept off into the mist surreptitiously to whip out my compass . |
| 14 | Quite coherent and certain he saw his dad make a phone call from the instrument in the hall and then drive off in the car . |
| 15 | Brought them down here and then gone off along the cliff path with them . |
| 16 | He suddenly dropped a quick kiss on her startled lips and then bounded off up the stairs , and Jenna was left with his briefcase in her hand , her expression stunned . |
| 17 | Tiny hummingbirds fly down from New England into Louisiana and then take off on a non-stop sea-crossing of five hundred miles across the Bay of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula and the warm jungles of Central and South America . |
| 18 | He outlined his idea for a movie plot , which was basically the story of two Californian friends who decide to make a once-and-for-all fortune by selling a consignment of cocaine , and then setting off across the country for a marijuana-cum-motorbikes adventure . |
| 19 | Case loads of course built up gradually as the samples were generated , and then tailed off after the recruitment year ended . |
| 20 | Left the daddy 's list with Mr Moore ( of Moore 's Models ) and then went off for a bit of a stroll around . |
| 21 | Mahmud bathed from the stern of the boat and then went off through the trees to buy some food from a nearby village . |
| 22 | Scunthorpe 's Stevenson was cautioned and then sent off in the space of 60 seconds , and while Burnley tried to take advantage the visiting 10 seemed as vulnerable as green bottles . |
| 23 | The metal yields easily at first , hardens somewhat and then breaks off in a brittle fashion . |
| 24 | It whined , backed away with its eyes fixed on Grimma , and then darted off into the darkness . |
| 25 | We held hands all the way through Live Aid , having not spoken to each other for a week , and then rushed off to the Post Office as soon as we could with our three pounds . |
| 26 | Gay had scraped together quite a creditable lunch , which Breeze swallowed in haste and then rushed off to the Vicarage . |
| 27 | She ordered a glass of milk , gulped it down and then rushed off to the ladies . |
| 28 | I had a perm on Friday and then rushed off to the dentist for an emergency white cement type filling to fill my Friday 13th loss ( ! ) — maddening to have to go back again as it is the other side of town , but I walked the two miles or so home , along with Bella . |
| 29 | She was close to her home in Iona street when the man threatened her with a handgun , and then made off with a small sum of money . |
| 30 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |