Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] off [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In such cases the extended family begins to look quite complex , but it is still essentially based upon the original pair , and when young do become fully adult they are driven away or wander off on their own to form separate pairs . |
2 | Then , en masse , they embraced and staggered off towards their waiting cars and frozen drivers . |
3 | Furthermore , the Central Powers were virtually besieged and cut off from their new ally , Turkey , which had entered the war in October 1914 . |
4 | THREE masked thugs trussed up businessman Tom Hartley and his wife Helen at their home and drove off in their new £60,000 Mercedes with valuables worth £250,000 . |
5 | The others would get bored with waiting and go off on their own without him . |
6 | Refreshed , they bade us all adieu , and sped off in their big car . |