Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] off [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On CEEFAX and TELETEXT it implied that Cuntona got off with the rap . |
| 2 | The two mums smiled at each other as Stuart and Linda raced off down the aisle . |
| 3 | Josh shuffled off down the lip of the basin still sieving the water . |
| 4 | There is a kind of insularity at Lochranza cut off from the Corrie side by the great glens and hills of Sannox and on the other side by the long wild uninhabited coastal stretch to Catacol . |
| 5 | Bernice rushed off into the smoke . |
| 6 | Taking a hint from the fame and antiquity of Egyptian flax working , Roberts went off to the banks of the Nile to study the Temple of Karnak , and came back to build Mr Marshall a factory in like fashion , which soon became known , naturally enough , as the Temple Mill . |
| 7 | She could also have told this was Tina 's mother before Mrs Darne went off down the passage that led to the Headmaster 's Flat . |
| 8 | As the Renault set off down the drive , Vitor placed an arm around Ashley 's shoulders . |
| 9 | ‘ A thousand acres of good farmland was taken , thirty families evacuated leaving the nine families in Sesslagh and fifteen families of Farnsagh lopped off from the rest of the world . |
| 10 | So Cornelius crept off to the bathroom , performed fastidious ablutions , togged up in the vile pyjamas and returned to the bedroom . |
| 11 | Cornelius stopped off at the telephone box to call Mr Yarrow at his home . |
| 12 | This kept her in Scotland cut off from the son of her first marriage and the daughter of the second in France , both of whom she clearly loved . |
| 13 | Sebastian cut off in the glory and promise of his youth , with all the world before him . |
| 14 | By Sunday morning , though , they had both their parents ' blessing , and Sebastian went off to the Greens ' house to get more details of the flat from Rosemary . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr. Gould went off in the morning to the Acteon [ sic ] Islands , which are about a mile distant from each other and at the distance of about 3 or 4 miles from Research Bay . |
| 16 | Alexander ran off down the hall and vanished into the sitting-room . |
| 17 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 18 | Then Dr Livesey hurried off into the wood . |
| 19 | They had a report that Gilbey hurried off to the Lotus HQ , laughing as Styczynski shouted : ‘ Are you going to sort out this mess , mate ? ’ |
| 20 | Noel Cooper was lifted aboard : he had seen nothing of Norman Teacher since the Lt-Cmdr swam off towards the shore . |
| 21 | Everyone wished each other good luck and Mould , Matron and Endill headed off to the library . |
| 22 | Hooves sounded loud in the yard as Colonel Winckler took off after the Prince . |
| 23 | They ducked and flinched , the throne tipped , and Artai fell off into the arms of his officers . |
| 24 | D-DAY , June 6 , 1944 when the Allied invasion of Europe began , Sugar took off under the command of F/O I Fotheringham of 467 Squadron at 02.53 hours on this momentous day and delivered its 13,000lb bomb load onto a coastal battery at St Pierre du Mont . |
| 25 | Julia shot off in the direction of the tack room . |
| 26 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 27 | Prentice slid off onto the grass and stood there , favouring his good leg , while Rory stretched and rubbed at his lower back . |
| 28 | Julia set off towards the Dorsoduro , beginning to feel really ill with a headache pounding behind her left eyebrow , smarting eyes , a rasped throat and a nose that felt as though it were stuffed with hot , wet flannel with a few pins in it , but even so she decided to give her lesson . |
| 29 | Stewart walked off with the look of one who was the sole survivor of a particularly nasty plane crash . |
| 30 | We climbed a little further and Arthur cooled off in the tarn . |