Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] off on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt . |
| 3 | Very quickly , however , the three young people began to exert over one another the complex mutual attraction which remained characteristic of their relationship , and more than three weeks passed before Coleridge finally set off on the road back to Stowey . |
| 4 | I do n't perhaps not that bad but I would have definitely braked and not just eased off on the accelerator . |
| 5 | It finally eases off on the very top of Rudland Rigg , a majestic shoulder of land running north to south , with views right across the moors . |
| 6 | Well that , that 's what I 'm saying is that , I think what we have to start doing and I 'm not suggesting you 're not doing , but I just want to talk about this in , before we practically kick off on the course proper , I think what , I mean that comes off , and then the oil starts dripping out of it , and the minute the oil starts dripping out , then we become quite a good artist are n't we ? |
| 7 | Most years Keith really gets off on the famine . |
| 8 | The crowd really get off on the Kitchens ' distinctly '80s sound , whooping like only Americans can , and calling out for all the correct songs — and then it dawns on you . |
| 9 | He stupidly took off on the outside of a wave when someone else had already established priority on the inside . |
| 10 | Clemenza made an obvious starting point for Oliver , since he had also been commissioned to compose new recitatives for the opera in place of those which Mozart 's incompetent pupil Süssmayr reputedly dashed off on the coach trip to the Prague première . |
| 11 | Well starting off on the A one between Catterick and Leeming Bar there 's the weekend contraflow in operation there today . |
| 12 | Those who could not escape put in a token appearance , showing themselves before the delegates from their local constituency association and then scuttling off on the first train back to civilization . |
| 13 | I went home to the cottage , had an early supper , then set off on the walk to the post office . |
| 14 | He comes home at 8am to snatch an hour 's snooze and then sets off on the bus for a full day 's preaching to the people whose failing legs ca n't get them to church . |