Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [vb pp] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can only guess at how Howard and Redwood must feel about taking over a department , only to find that one of their political opponents has walked off with the money . |
| 2 | Within an hour Allan , Donald the smith , and the Logan brothers had set off down the strath to Weem with the petitions in a leather wallet , to add to the already thick bunch in James 's strong-box , and Cameron and James had got horses from a sympathizer in the village and rode off towards the narrow glen of Keltney . |
| 3 | The strong tactics have paid off in the case of the prison officers , who went back to work last week , but there is increasing concern on how to deal with the tax collectors . |
| 4 | In 1914 the art schools had all but atrophied ; the models had gone off to the munitions factories , and students had been replaced by retired businessmen seeking distraction from their troubles . |
| 5 | That does not suit every executive , particularly as the growth in profits has levelled off in the second half of this year . |
| 6 | Then I told him that my friends had gone off in the wrong direction and that I was willing to pay the owner of the moped for taking a message to them . |
| 7 | The women and children had gone off to the caves — , ‘ Did you not fight ? ’ |
| 8 | A TRIO of Cleveland pensioners have set off on the trip of a lifetime to the bulbfields of Holland . |
| 9 | Eventually , when the howling had subsided and the jackals had sloped off to the forest , the dogs would come back in , or they 'd wander off into the frosty night and not return until morning . |
| 10 | True , the crab-men had begun to take an unhealthy interest in him once his companions had rushed off after the Harlequin man . |
| 11 | Tal and the Zodiac Twins had moved off along the quay , between the piles of crates and drums , out of sight . |