Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my discussions with the police , it was one of the buildings we offered them , and I went with erm , the new inspector to look at that , and I still said they were somewhat put off by the cold austere sort of feeling of the place . |
| 2 | Twenty years ago , many of the smaller economies were more or less cut off from the world market economy . |
| 3 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |
| 6 | David Branch , Peter Evans and David Miller had just teed off at the 15th hole in a competition . |
| 7 | Just piss off to a nightclub , dear , come back in the wee small hours . |
| 8 | yeah but they 've got fucking , just fuck off with the dust |
| 9 | You do n't have to remember any words or facts or anything difficult like that — you just go off in a sort of coma and think how wonderful you are . |
| 10 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |
| 11 | When trodden on , these spines puncture flesh and usually break off inside the resulting wounds , ensuring the prolonged insertion of the painful poisons . |
| 12 | ( The detection of lines , hooks and resistance is probably the reason why most other fish usually bolt off with the bait . ) |
| 13 | I , I mean you usually start off with the boy everybody has to start at the bottom , . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | Most simply give themselves up , and , in the case of those who have done no more than poach the odd buck for a little bushmeat , are often let off with a caution . |
| 16 | unc Now finish off in the usual way . |
| 17 | Now get off at the centre , just in |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | as if to underline the point , Malmo completed their regular season by losing 2-0 to relegated Vastra Frolunda , although they now play off for the Swedish title with Norrkoping . |
| 20 | Many pilots quite unwittingly take off with the stick right back , not realising that if the launch fails when they have just left the ground , an accident will be inevitable . |
| 21 | Paint on oil-based paint , then partially rub off for an antiqued look . |
| 22 | Workers observing it and about to leave on their own foraging , immediately fly off in the direction indicated . |
| 23 | They come close to enjoining all scientists to refuse to engage in military research but then back off at the last moment . |
| 24 | He saw it break its flight over a dell between the dunes , soar vertically and then head off at an angle . |
| 25 | I sometimes head off to a certain place . |
| 26 | ‘ My mother will probably have a very genteel fit of hysteria , and my father will mutter something about it being a ‘ damn shame ’ and your not being ‘ the right kind of girl ’ , and then stomp off for a game of golf . |
| 27 | Oliver was close behind as she ran towards the pedlar , then cut off to the side . |
| 28 | There were plenty of Garda around , and there ought to have been plenty more , as I saw a group of wild children steal chocolates from a shop and then run off down the road . |
| 29 | Using a wash-down hose , rinse out the oven and then finish off to a fine sparkle with a quick wipe around . |
| 30 | I always join one shoulder seam before cutting out the front and back sections , then finish off with a sandwich neck-band that will stretch and look good . |