Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [vb past] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Now there 's a little piece , can I mention a little piece in the local thing , there 's a little press release here which Robert produced and sent off to the local newspaper . |
2 | Zak waved , retreated and set off down the corridor , flat-footed almost at once after his bounce in the dining car , and already with drooping shoulders consulting his notebook about what he needed to do next . |
3 | And then with a final glance to either side he turned and walked off towards the main gate . |
4 | The other three turned and bolted off down the stairs . |
5 | She turned and set off down the path leading to the river and the house . |
6 | Then , throwing her a wink , he turned and moved off into the crowd . |
7 | With which he turned and trotted off beside the janitor . |
8 | He sighed and set off up the stairs again , pulling himself up by his hands on the thick , frozen rope fixed to the outside of the staircase , the castle 's concession to their earlier request for a handhold on the often ice-slicked steps . |
9 | Isabel nodded and went off into the garden . |
10 | Connon nodded and set off up the drive . |
11 | The rider nodded and pushed off on the Kawasaki . |
12 | He bowed and went off up the stairs . |
13 | Cruella Baines grunted and waddled off along the line of windows , her steel bangles rattling against her gigantic thighs . |
14 | " I 'm off home , She waved and cycled off down the High Street . |
15 | He eventually panicked and ran off as the boy screamed for help . |
16 | A presidential decree , reported in full in Rossiskaya gazeta of June 18 , allowed state enterprises which failed to pay their debts to the state and to private creditors within three months to be declared bankrupt and either liquidated or auctioned off to the highest bidder for a limited period of time for independent management ( the new managers to be treated as owners , but debarred from dismissing more than 30 per cent of the work force ) . |
17 | I screamed and ran off down the street . |
18 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |