Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] off with 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Which is a bloody good thing , really that I started off with the tape , hands |
| 4 | You start off with the truth , embellish it slightly , then gradually add to it , until you finish up with a fully-fledged whopper . |
| 5 | She ran off with the silver . |
| 6 | Soccer , sidecar racing and hill climbing in sport tonight , which we kick off with the fight for promotion to the first division . |
| 7 | Suppose we start off with the class of animals . |
| 8 | ‘ It started off with the helmet law and it 's progressed from there , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Lardner was called ‘ the Tyrant ’ by his contributors ; he was an Irishman , who created a sensation when he ran off with the wife of an army officer . |
| 10 | Then he ran off with the wire , not out of the gate , but round to the front of the house . |
| 11 | It comes off with the makeup . ’ |
| 12 | It comes off with the makeup . |