Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] off [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might have escaped her vigilance when I made off with the boat , but my wails of distress soon brought her running to the rescue . |
| 2 | Mark and I agreed to have a game together soon and I moved off down the course , and mused on the ways in which the pro golfers cope in their different ways with the unusual demands of the pro-am . |
| 3 | Having admired the kingly tomb and added the name ‘ O'Connor ’ to my list of families who might accept the Irish throne , I wandered off to the Abbey Hotel . |
| 4 | I waited for twenty minutes , and the numbers advanced only to three hundred and ninety-three , so I wandered off to the station newsagent 's to look at girlie magazines . |
| 5 | Once the Knights had made their challenges ready for the tourney held at the end of the show and the demonstrations of dancing , archery and squire practice had started I wandered off outside the arena to demonstrate spinning with a drop spindle . |
| 6 | I head off along the road and make for Deptford High Street , swinging my bag of clothes like I was going on holiday . |
| 7 | I cut off from the lane up towards Great Coum and the Megger Stones . |
| 8 | shall I finish off after the break ? |
| 9 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
| 10 | I turned off to the right through the row of trees , and just as I was meandering past thy rhododendrons I shouted , ‘ Hell and damnation ! ’ |
| 11 | I turned off to the right . |
| 12 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
| 13 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 14 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 15 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 16 | Once I had unpacked , I set off down the lane to have a look at the Round Tower before dark . |
| 17 | Bright and early next morning , I set off down the lane to work , my drawing pad and pens in my jauntily swinging plastic bag . |
| 18 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 19 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 20 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 21 | A long ridge-walk requires an early start , and a companion and I set off from the hotel at 8.30 , toast crumbs still trembling on our lips , to attain the ridge by the first peak , Creag a' Mhaim . |
| 22 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
| 23 | I continued for fifty minutes , alienating the audience more with every gag , until I walked off to the sound of my own footsteps . |
| 24 | As I drift off into the aisle , I see Lil gliding back towards our stand , escorting a pair of avenging angels . |
| 25 | I remember thinking how white and cold and still her face looked , without the breeze of thought or sentience , as I stumbled off to the tumult of the ramp . |
| 26 | So I started off with the idea that there 's this little baby in the cradle , he 's completely in the dark and the dark is something really frightening . |
| 27 | Which is a bloody good thing , really that I started off with the tape , hands |
| 28 | Well , summer is well and truly with us — though as I write I ca n't decide whether to pack my industrial strength waterproofs or my total block sun cream when I go off to the Peak District this weekend . |
| 29 | I do n't — I just say thank you and goodbye , then I go off up the road . |
| 30 | But on his advice I went off to the optician and ended up wearing glasses . |