Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'll leave you with young Hot-to-Trotsky here , then , ’ Clare says , patting Yvonne on the shoulder and winking at me as she sidles off through the cheering crowd . |
2 | That done he lets her go , and with his head over his shoulder turned , he goes out backwards without taking his yes off her … she runs off in the opposite direction . |
3 | February is Pocket Books ' launch month and , although not the biggest Giant of the Month , it kicks off with the new Virginia Andrews ™ , Dawn . |
4 | It starts off with the prayer-framed sequence of events up to the point in the narrative when Christ is crowned with thorns and condemned to death , but in a more compressed form . |
5 | Joffe 's pious vision of man 's inhumanity to man all comes together in Pauline Collins ' clinic : it squares off against the local mafia , saves lepers etc . |
6 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |