Example sentences of "have [verb] off [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | On the bedside table , he was in the act of placing a Bible , so that he may have dropped off into a doze while reading it . |
| 2 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 3 | I may have dozed off for a while . |
| 4 | Given that the evening was meant to be so special , so significant , they could hardly have got off to a worse start , but Jessica refused to compromise . |
| 5 | Experts said that if the bombs had penetrated any part of the cigar-shaped cylinders they would have gone off like a rocket , smashing into nearby homes . |
| 6 | Something must have come up , and she must have gone off in a hurry . |
| 7 | In this way , what might have started off as a cyclical deficit will soon become a structural deficit unless action is taken to bring borrowing down . |
| 8 | The universe would have started off with a period of exponential or " inflationary " expansion in which it would have increased its size by a very large factor . |
| 9 | And if I had to play them today , I 'd have to get off in a room with a record player , probably for a couple of hours and learn them . ’ |