Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 2 | He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’ |
| 3 | Before they set off up the beach , both bared white teeth in sudden , violent smiles . |
| 4 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 5 | For a second she thought they must have turned the other way , and then she saw them again , riding through the trees , the sunlight striking them before they moved off into the shadows . |
| 6 | THE earth wo n't move for married astronauts Jan Davis and Mark Lee after they blast off in the shuttle Endeavour tomorrow . |
| 7 | Er we did n't always know what was going on but erm , we did catch the planes when they took off in the morning and we watched them come home in the afternoons and we got some ideas sometimes when things had n't gone quite right and I 'm sure we did share with you in your grief . |
| 8 | ‘ Are you completely devoid of any kind of common sense ? ’ he rasped as they roared off down the road . |
| 9 | Now I 'm stuck , she thought in panic , as they sped off towards the horizon . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you were n't jealous and possessive ! ’ she said shakingly as they drove off into the traffic . |
| 11 | As they drove off behind the Ford , he said , ‘ It all happened , Mum . ’ |
| 12 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 13 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 14 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 15 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 16 | Then the line of vehicles pulled away one by one , forming a loose convoy as they moved off along the deserted main street , heading for the edge of town . |
| 17 | Soon they were calling and shouting to each other as they moved off into the forest . |
| 18 | They made a gallant array next morning as they marched off from the Burgh Muir in great companies , cavalry and infantry , banners and standards waving , heraldic surcoats colourful , armour glinting in the early morning sunlight , trumpets blowing ; but Ramsay reminded himself that Mar 's army had looked fully as fine and had marched only to disaster . |
| 19 | As they screeched off down the road again , Ronni felt duly chastened . |