Example sentences of "and get off " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got on the Circle Line with a bag of sulphate and went round and round and got off at Liverpool Street . |
| 2 | The rider saw Leithen and got off his bike . |
| 3 | Well we went off and got off at Peel which was the other with the all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 4 | Duncan had been appalled to find that women had the vote ‘ down South ’ and got off to a shaky start in the motor trade when one of the local spivs conned him into thinking a Pina Colada was the latest model Ford built in Spain . |
| 5 | Darlington was only the second date on the tour and got off to a bad start with a trip from Manchester through freezing fog arriving late and cold . |
| 6 | He knew that I had always stopped and got off if there was anything else on the road — and that was back in wartime remember — so he said that with the sort of traffic that 's on the road now I would never be on for getting off ! |
| 7 | Our police are so busy trying to catch the culprits , but then I read in the Press last week of a young man causing £60,000 of damage by graffiti and getting off free because it would be a waste of public money to put him on probation . |
| 8 | They analysed it and found that it was mud , a piece of clay , y'know , but them not being all-forgiving , they suspected that I was using drugs , y'know , so they kicked me out of home and I went to live with my grandmother and then I had more freedom there to do as I pleased and hence started going to pop festivals and things and enjoying them and getting off on them and mixing with that whole subculture if you like . |
| 9 | Research by David Ellwood , at Harvard University , shows that the surest way for a woman to escape poverty , and get off welfare , is not to work but to get married . |
| 10 | In the Revivalist which carried the reports , Paisley added that , while loyal Protestants were charged for a peaceful protest , rebels could attack an open-air evangelistic meeting in Dunloy and get off . |
| 11 | A. T. You used to accumulate this time you worked over and try and get off the last four hours when nobody was about . |
| 12 | We learnt the next day he had had to hand in his uniform and get off the job as fast as he could . |
| 13 | Take a 79 , 24 or a 51A , B or C , bus going southwards and get off on the South Circular Road , Kilmainham . |
| 14 | Shove my dreams and my Walkman back into the bag , and get off the train . |
| 15 | I mean , with the middle bit , we 'd put the record on and get off stage so there was never any doubt that we were playing live when we were on stage . |
| 16 | When I eventually realized that he was trying to chat me up , I decided to end the conversation and get off the train . |
| 17 | Seven time , that 's a lot of times , y'know , to go back , get off , go back again and get off , but , like , I think I 've learned me lesson . |
| 18 | Get on the train and get off at the third [ or fourth or fifth ] stop . |
| 19 | I came on a train here today from London in South Africa if you are black and you got on a train it would n't be as comfortable and there would be crowds in it but you would n't know whether you reached the other end because at some station a group of people would get on and shoot you indiscriminately , and get off again leaving that scene of massacre . |
| 20 | Do n't let any of this worry you ; it just means we 've added your ‘ short ’ address form so you can post to and get off the list when you want to . |
| 21 | Daft thing about it , but I thought rather than hang on I 'll get in there and get off . |
| 22 | to the next junction and get off |
| 23 | and depending on whether they ca n't have an odd or even amount forty eight to the Drove which is as far as , if you work at , that 's as far as you can get in the morning and get off and walk through . |
| 24 | He does n't want to get up or get dressed and get off to school . |
| 25 | Often they germinate well at this time of year , and will overwinter and get off to a good start next spring . |
| 26 | Other traffic on the road always worried me , so I would stop and get off until the way was clear . |
| 27 | I just could n't go and get off with someone just for a joke , I could n't do it . |