Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ See you tomorrow , ’ she called to Sally but could n't think of anything to say to the man , so she ran off after the others . |
2 | And she stalked off to the foyer . |
3 | And so they merely shook hands , and she walked off down the garden path to her door . |
4 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
5 | She caused a great army to be collected , and she set off at the head of the army to punish Oleg Ban . |
6 | He insisted on walking her home but she ran off at the corner . |
7 | I think she must have heard me because she ran off like the clappers towards the quay . ’ |
8 | Get up with Mum , have a coffee with her before she went off to the early shift , lay the table , shout up to the little ones to get up or else , put the bacon on the grill , put the beans in the pan , butter the bread , boil the kettle . |
9 | Ashley nodded , and , as she went off into the kitchen , Vitor took the little boy to collect his present . |
10 | Pete stood with the clipboard under his arm and his hands in his pockets , watching the dust behind her Toyota as she sped off down the service road . |
11 | ‘ We 'll be having a quiet family supper at around seven o'clock , and you 'll be able to tuck the twins up in bed after that , OK ? ’ she added , brushing away their thanks as she bustled off towards the large ranch house . |
12 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
13 | This time Sausage accompanied her , and as she set off with the the two small boys and their three dogs , Korah , Dathan and Abiram , she reflected that they must look rather like a circus . |
14 | She was aware that he stood watching her as she set off towards the exit . |
15 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
16 | As she stalks off into the night . |
17 | ‘ I 'll leave you with young Hot-to-Trotsky here , then , ’ Clare says , patting Yvonne on the shoulder and winking at me as she sidles off through the cheering crowd . |
18 | As she moved off with the other mounted followers , Artemis determined that if her father thought it was time for her to stop riding ponies and learn to hunt on a horse , then so be it . |