Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] off [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dog immediately began to bark , and made off out of the room . |
| 2 | One Saturday morning , without telling anyone of my plan , I boarded a bus and headed off out of the Lesotho capital of Maseru and towards Roma where I knew a witchdoctor lived . |
| 3 | I rode Drifter with the first lot in the morning and crashed off on to the wood chippings halfway up the gallop . |
| 4 | You do n't imagine we can simply walk out of here , do you ? — win or lose , up stakes and toddle off back to the world of boiled cabbage and beds with sheets ? |
| 5 | When they come out , they are fry ; as they grow a little , they become parr ; larger still , they turn into smolt and fizz off down to the sea . |
| 6 | The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café . |
| 7 | When I opened my eyes , it had got colder , so I stood up , brushed off my blazer and set off back to the Gendarmerie . |
| 8 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll be as quick as I can , ’ he said to Bernice and set off back down the passageway with Rosheen . |
| 10 | After creating the maximum of confusion , they piled into the Lancia and set off back along the road for their rendezvous with the LRDG , accompanied by an Italian whom they had taken prisoner after he had foolishly asked Lewes for a light while the latter was placing a bomb on his truck . |