Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] off in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meetings could be banned and the townships sealed off in the event of new disturbances . |
| 2 | Shoes came off in the water . |
| 3 | The anniversary of that incident was ‘ celebrated ’ on May 9 last month when firebombs went off in the shopping mall of The Galleries shopping centre at Bristol , at the opposite end of the country . |
| 4 | When Fardine whistled the birds shot off in the direction of the Jama Masjid ; another whistle and they returned . |
| 5 | Detectives believe the thieves made off in the direction of Barnwell Place and are eager to hear from anyone who might have seen them . |