Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] off on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 156 cars set off on the rally on Sunday . |
| 2 | In the match at Manchester , the scorer of one of the Tottenham goals took off on a frenzied high-stepping run , knees and arms pumping like pistons — and he was going backwards . |
| 3 | One such occasion was Labor Day 1949 , when my parents went off on a holiday barbecue or picnic and deposited the three oldest toys — David [ eight ] , Johnny [ six ] and Alvin [ four ] — with a teenage black babysitter named Earl at the Ritz to see Li'l Abner [ the early black and white version , with Buster Keaton in a small part ] and I Married a Witch . |
| 4 | It was his grandmother he spent his fifth birthday with and that same year his parents went off on a tour of the Commonwealth , which took them away from him for six long months . |
| 5 | Two of London 's top match teams head off on a magic mystery tour this Sunday with the historic London AA Shield as their goal . |
| 6 | It happened shortly after 500 athletes set off on the Rowntree Athletic Club 's 10-mile road race at the weekend . |
| 7 | Hilda Hewitt had copies of two posters run off on the Office photo-copier . |
| 8 | Hilda Hewitt had copies of two posters run off on the Office photo-copier . |
| 9 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |