Example sentences of "the [noun] and [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She climbed onto the bike and set off in the direction from which she had come , gathering speed as she descended . |
| 2 | TRANSFORMER 2 follow up their massive ‘ Pacific Symphony Too ’ club hit with ‘ Fruit Of Love ’ , already creating a stir and set to step out of the clubs and branch off into higher regions . |
| 3 | Both are harmless to the birds and fall off with weathering and as the ducks moult their feathers . |
| 4 | During World War II Yamaguchi was captured by the Russians and shipped off to a labour camp . |
| 5 | after a swift , furtive glance at them , jumped the ditch on the other side of the lane and made off at a run over the fen . |
| 6 | The interiors of a number of parish churches were similarly transformed as the Laudian bishops campaigned vigorously for the erection of altars positioned permanently at the east end of the chancel and railed off from the nave . |
| 7 | They hit coshed the driver and made off with two and a half million pounds in used five pound notes . |
| 8 | At half-past twelve on the next day , 24 December , I picked up the shafts of the wheelbarrow and pushed off towards Kano on those first , torturous , thirteen miles . |
| 9 | Disconsolately , we got back into the rickshaws and set off to the next address . |
| 10 | After dutifully inspecting the destruction at the El Azziziya barracks , where the Libyan leader lived , at the port of Sidi Balal and at Tripoli airport , as well as the damage done to the French Embassy and to civilian homes adjoining the target areas , Coleman left the media pack clamouring for phone lines at the El Khebir hotel or doing ‘ stand-ups ’ on the roof and went off on his own . |
| 11 | As Magee watched she tottered down the steps and wandered off down Duncannon Street in the direction of the Strand . |
| 12 | Men , as he tried to pull himself to his feet , something big and heavy and square cannoned into him out of the dark and plunged off after the wizard . |
| 13 | She lifted it over the fence and set off across the little meadow , gathering speed and thoroughly enjoying it . |
| 14 | Sometimes he left the food , leaned into the wind and took off for a while , to circle and check that no Men were about . |
| 15 | He made her as comfortable as possible on the back seat of the car and drove off into the night . |
| 16 | Then she turned the car and drove off down the lane . |
| 17 | He gave my passport to the Corporal who put it into his pocket , then we got into the car and drove off in the direction of Lille . |
| 18 | By the time we had driven to Port Eynon , the wind had really picked up but not easily deterred , we abandoned the car and set off towards the cliffs . |
| 19 | Luckily for us he was too overcome to offer us refreshment , so we said our farewells and got back into the jeep and drove off along the road leading to the village of Breville . |
| 20 | When a bream sucks a bait to its lips the unwanted material is taken into the mouth and filtered off through the gills . |
| 21 | Cleveland police say the girl grabbed her shopping bag , fished out the purse and ran off with it joined by another girl . |
| 22 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 23 | He just got on the horse and launched off into space , landed in the lake and he 's swimming it out . ’ |
| 24 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 25 | With an oath he struggled up , plucked the arrow from the crutch and stumbled off among the trees . |
| 26 | Within an hour Allan , Donald the smith , and the Logan brothers had set off down the strath to Weem with the petitions in a leather wallet , to add to the already thick bunch in James 's strong-box , and Cameron and James had got horses from a sympathizer in the village and rode off towards the narrow glen of Keltney . |
| 27 | At the last moment the hare sensed the danger and bounded off into the undergrowth . |
| 28 | Mr Hutchinson managed to raise the alarm but the two men helped themselves to the cash and made off in the car driven by Wishart , of no fixed abode . |
| 29 | Phil 's 4th break in showbiz came when Pete Gabriel left the band and went off to the rainforest disguised as a flower . |
| 30 | She had walked out of the corner-shop and set off on the primrose path , which led rapidly downhill . |