Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] off [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have told Gloria off too , for the very next day , Gloria said , ‘ You got to go off to the country , ducks , health visitor says . |
| 2 | Other jobs they 'd pulled off over the years that we can nail them for . ’ |
| 3 | She said , do you know she said we 'd gone off to the woods and I suddenly remembered I 'd left my purse in the car . |
| 4 | I sat in the road during a demonstration and got hauled off to the police station in Newbury . |
| 5 | I got told off by the ref — I was a bit wild then — and Ian began moaning as though he was crying . |
| 6 | The cripple turned to make off into the undergrowth and as he did so there was a twang from Marian 's bow and one of his crutches spun from under him and he was down one-sidedly . |
| 7 | The excitement died away and the crowd began to drift off down the side streets . |
| 8 | However , this began to trail off towards the end of June due to outside distractions — Wimbledon tennis and International cricket . |
| 9 | He began to move off towards the castle . |
| 10 | Ca n't get enough of them , ’ interrupted Dexter with a broad smile , anxious to push the superintendent off her soapbox before she started to sound off about the worthlessness of most television . |
| 11 | Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction . |
| 12 | But once Pietro started sounding off to the press they had to stand by you to avoid charges of bowing to pressure . ’ |
| 13 | The vehicles started to move off to the washdown point and thence to the trains that would take them home . |
| 14 | Britain finally became cut off from the Continent at the Straits of Dover around 6500 BC , although it may have been somewhat later between East Anglia and northern Europe via the Dogger Bank . |
| 15 | Unfortunately he got cut off in the middle of a sentence . ’ |
| 16 | He stood up and picked up the candle and went wandering off into the shadows with it . |
| 17 | The Lorrimores , followed by everyone still in the dining room , went dashing off into the dome car , but Emil and I looked at each other , and I said , ‘ How do we warn that train ? ’ |
| 18 | Maud went rushing off down the corridor , but Mildred stopped and looked out of the window to see if there was any evidence of fire . |
| 19 | He went running off after the boy down the tunnel , dodging people and cannoning into others . |
| 20 | Also , I have found Mr Hauser has a Lear jet which flies him across the world plus a Sikorsky helicopter which I saw taking off from the grounds of Livingstone Manor . |
| 21 | It seemed he was deliberately galloping very close past her to upset her chestnut mare , who kept taking off into the pampas . |
| 22 | The S that Ford chose to show off to the press was understandably a fully loaded one . |
| 23 | But he was too late : the knife tipped over the edge and went spinning off into the night . |
| 24 | Many unattached skis went sliding off down the hill at incredible speed . |
| 25 | ‘ But we did stop off on the way for a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 26 | There was little noise from outside the windows and we appeared cut off from the city and from civilian life in general ; I lay in bed and pulled the sheets up over my nose . |
| 27 | I mean , if he did go off into the wilds of Anatolia , or somewhere remote like that — something might happen to him in some village , where he is n't known . ’ |
| 28 | Almost exactly a year later , a bomb did go off in the basement car park during the evening rush hour , causing many minor casualties , and about £350m in damage , about ten per cent of which was ultimately reinsured in the London market . |
| 29 | Eric Cantona got sent off after the match and then was assaulted by a Turkish riot policeman . |
| 30 | Usually he got palmed off with the Mile End Road , stabbings in Chinatown , Lascars , opium dens — you name it , Stitch was on the case . |