Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crept off down a little path through curling bracken . |
| 2 | he was going round going oh my God I got off with a real dog . |
| 3 | ‘ I got off on the wrong foot , and I 'm never going to get it right now . |
| 4 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 5 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 6 | The ceremony was hosted by a couple dressed in matching velvet Babygros , his tipped off by a woolly bobble , hers with what appeared to be a cat 's tail . |
| 7 | I started off with a random set of guesses as to how to break the code , and then checked each guess to see how good it was at turning the garbled message into English . |
| 8 | I started off with the three men in the middle of the park Saturday , we changed it round because I think we needed an extra striker at the Wolves , and I did n't think we played that badly . |
| 9 | I strode off along a grassy cliff-top path peppered with stunted gorse bushes , towards the grey lookout tower where a mounted wall-exhibition explains that this stretch of coast is a designated Nature Reserve on account of its abundant birds , wildlife and rare limestone rock formations . |
| 10 | I pushed hard and I picked up some places , but then in the bad conditions Lehto caught me and I went off into the wet and that was it . ’ |
| 11 | I took off at the first light and made the rendezvous as planned and found the fighters had just become airborne . |
| 12 | The two of them galloped off down the steep grass bank . |
| 13 | PS Sorry you got off on the wrong foot with the new commander . |
| 14 | If you 're looking for ground-breaking mayhem , you got off at the wrong Greyhound stop . |
| 15 | She made off along a long marble-floored corridor . |
| 16 | With a winning smile at a rather bemused young man , she dragged him up to dance , and every time she saw Feargal she made off in the opposite direction . |
| 17 | She got off to a bad start on the streets as the child of Bruno Bonney , convicted pimp , pusher , armed robber and bilko artist . |
| 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 . |
| 19 | She came off to a reasonable round . |
| 20 | She broke off as a blue lightning flash coincided with an ear-shattering thunder clap and released a fresh torrent of rain . |
| 21 | I did n't get us into this mess — ’ She broke off with a guilty look over her shoulder . |
| 22 | She broke off with a short laugh . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll have the use of a locker at the airport … ’ she trailed off with a despondent sigh . |
| 24 | ‘ Thanks , but … ’ she trailed off with an awkward shrug . |
| 25 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
| 26 | Perhaps he 'll look on that amazing jersey you sent off as an olive branch . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She went off on a determined search for Penry , but he was still nowhere to be seen . |
| 29 | She ran off with a younger film star . |
| 30 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |