Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dog usually just stops dead or veers off on a different course . |
| 2 | The extreme elaboration of the proceedings is intended to emphasize that , in contrast to the kind of marriage which can be entered into or broken off on the spur of the moment , this is a contract which is intended to endure . |
| 3 | In this case the solvent has to be evaporated or boiled off at a low temperature . |
| 4 | It is often so insignificant that it is either ignored by the patient or passed off as a ‘ pimple ’ . |
| 5 | The heat shields were still intact and the computer assured him that they would not crack or fall off on the journey through the atmosphere . |
| 6 | To subscribe to ELT Journal , simply fill in the form on the back of this leaflet and send it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 7 | Make sure that you receive all four issues of the 1993 volume by filling out the form on the back of this leaflet and sending it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf , or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 8 | You could follow my example and hitchhike out of Miami airport , but only if you 're prepared to risk being picked up by a religious maniac , or dropped off in an impenetrable jungle of freeways close to the cocaine-dealing centre of America , or both . |
| 9 | By this , we mean that it will ascend perfectly when the sail is under pressure , and the line tension applies a driving force ; but it will tumble or spin off to the right or left if the line tension is relaxed . |
| 10 | It is a kind of mystery tour , with an unimaginable destination ; not surprisingly many pupils fall asleep or jump off during the journey . |
| 11 | ‘ My mam says he 's prob'ly in prison or run off with a bit of stuff , ’ said one of the hostiles in the playground one milk-break . |
| 12 | Its heroes do not characteristically commit suicide or ride off into the sunset : they settle down , marry , and make comfortable and elaborate treaties with the world they live in . |
| 13 | A presidential decree , reported in full in Rossiskaya gazeta of June 18 , allowed state enterprises which failed to pay their debts to the state and to private creditors within three months to be declared bankrupt and either liquidated or auctioned off to the highest bidder for a limited period of time for independent management ( the new managers to be treated as owners , but debarred from dismissing more than 30 per cent of the work force ) . |
| 14 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 15 | Or shovelled off into the Old Folks like me . |
| 16 | Faithful readers will recall that , despite being bottom of the Banks Group Northern Youth League , the lads had played the entire season without a booking or sending off until the catastrophic 82nd minute of the final game . |
| 17 | Only through his marriage , which for him was unconsciously rooted in an identification with the bereaved , did he create the conditions where it became more difficult to drive out or cut off from the attachment he both yearned for and feared . |
| 18 | And i if the man in the field had got a grudge against a bloke who was stacking i or taking off in the stack yard he could make life hell . |
| 19 | If the spacing between the strands is uneven , or if they curve or go off at an angle , the knotting is irregular , and denotes a poor quality rug . |
| 20 | Here at Club M'Diq you can either do your own thing or involve yourself in the daily and evening activities and events available for free ; you can lazy on the spacious sandy beach , or go off on the optional excursions to see something of what this colourful Moslem country has to offer . |
| 21 | Whenever I see coloured people in Porteneil , buying souvenirs or stopping off for a snack , I hope that they will ask me something so that I can show how polite I am and prove that my reasoning is stronger than my more crass instincts , or training . |
| 22 | We used this door when a ghost came on or went off in a cloud of smoke . |
| 23 | Blot up any excess , using white absorbent paper or scrape off with a palette knife . |
| 24 | here you can take a gentle stroll around the lake , or start off on a more strenuous hike . |
| 25 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 26 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 27 | Beyond the door was a narrow corridor that led off to the right . |
| 28 | She made her way down the corridor that led off from the bar room , continually glancing over her shoulder , half expecting to see either her father or her uncle behind her . |
| 29 | She bounded upstairs , her bare feet silent on the cast-iron staircase , and pushed open one of the three identical wooden doors that led off from the galleried landing . |
| 30 | The entrance to her own flat was down one of the narrow corridors that led off from the rectangular landing , and as she stepped towards it she noticed with sudden uneasiness that one of the wall lights halfway down the corridor had gone , plunging the passageway into semi-darkness . |