Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHAT with car-jackings , smash-and-grab raids and bombs going off in the car park at the World Trade Centre , no wonder American motorists are turning to Bill O'Gara . |
| 2 | The pops and bangs going off around the Porte de Versailles last week signalled a European industry in panic as the date for free access to the European market by the Japanese gets ever closer . |
| 3 | The two mums smiled at each other as Stuart and Linda raced off down the aisle . |
| 4 | By Sunday morning , though , they had both their parents ' blessing , and Sebastian went off to the Greens ' house to get more details of the flat from Rosemary . |
| 5 | Everyone wished each other good luck and Mould , Matron and Endill headed off to the library . |
| 6 | They ducked and flinched , the throne tipped , and Artai fell off into the arms of his officers . |
| 7 | We climbed a little further and Arthur cooled off in the tarn . |
| 8 | There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations . |
| 9 | After watching the train steam away with Christian waving from an open carriage window until he was out of sight , Carrie and Seb set off on the return journey in the gig . |
| 10 | Small wonder , then , that a lot of resentment and guilt rub off on the social worker himself or herself ; and that , when opportunity arises for public shouts of , " No better than we are ! " , it may be seized upon with a fine disregard for logic in expiation of sins which might be regarded in others as excusable . |
| 11 | Frances and Miles went off to the kitchen to do the washing-up ( and , no doubt , to talk annuities ) , leaving Charles to entertain the children . |
| 12 | At age eleven I had gone away from my parents ' school to a boarding school in Herefordshire , and remembered crying miserably as my mother and father drove off down the drive , leaving me to be looked after by one of the older boys . |
| 13 | But fortunately at that moment her gynaecologist called in for a brief visit and Brian went off to the nursery . |
| 14 | Ursula and Gianni got off at the next station but one , having brought their growing mutual admiration to a startling climax wedged solid among the rocking mass of sober commuters . |
| 15 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 16 | Jeez , it looks like all the players and wives nip off down the bank for a quick gas up north . |
| 17 | We put our litter back into our rucksacks as all the bins were full to overflowing , and Elinor and Otley set off in the direction of Fair Hill where all the caravans were resting . |
| 18 | In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives . |
| 19 | Act 2 is the object of loud acclaim as the curtain falls , but when Minnie and Dick ride off into the sunset at the end of the opera it seems that the audience has melted away too , and the final ‘ addios ’ fall into silence and emptiness . |
| 20 | This figure includes skin divers , bathers and water skiers , people and vehicles cut off by the tide and casualties who had fallen from cliffs or man-made structures . |
| 21 | A word to Lucy , and Wycliffe walked off up the path with the boy . |
| 22 | Goodnights were exchanged and George set off down the lane with Elizabeth , Sarah and their mother . |
| 23 | Den and Astrid flew off to the Bahamas for a week . |
| 24 | Now Faldo and his European colleagues can only wait and see if the hard work and application pays off at the weekend . |
| 25 | Deport Peter Schmichael for having an out of date work permit , let Scumtona and Hughes run off to the Cayman Islands for a peaceful life together , Ryans potty training to let him down at home games as well as away , Lee Sharpe to OD on E and think he 's playing for the best team in the country . |
| 26 | " Be careful , " said Buckthorn , as Hazel and Blackberry set off down the slope . |
| 27 | Philip looked after him as he and Caspar ran off past the church . |
| 28 | It toppled over to the floor with a flat whap ! and Jimmy backed off into the centre of the office as Duvall scrambled to his feet at last . |
| 29 | Whole rooms of the Turk 's Head were taken over by bits of fairground waiting for the revival that would send Uncle Titch and Grandad chortling off to the local branch of the Co-op . |
| 30 | The piano and violin set off with the air of those ready to bask in the music 's warmth , and it seemed that , for once , this awkward , unbalanced work — for it is unsatisfactory , not just in its instrumentation , but in its musical make-up — might be entirely convincing . |