Example sentences of "[vb past] off [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Madge was attended by six little Burmese bridesmaids , who as soon as she arrived started off up the long aisle , and she followed with the kind friend at whose house she had spent the previous two nights and who ‘ gave her away ’ .
2 This hooking action is important because it interferes with the opponent 's attempts to free his arm and keeps him closed off for a longer period .
3 And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break !
4 Two of us set off up the long path from Aberarder at the mind-bogglingly stupid time of 11.30 a.m .
5 He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets .
6 The boatman scampered across to the opposite gunwale , turned the boat , turned it again and set off on a long glide which took them close in along the bridge .
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