Example sentences of "they [verb] off in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They squelched off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms and a bottle of Rémy Martin . |
| 2 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 3 | They took off in the dark . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They ran off in the direction of Northlands Road . |
| 6 | And they backed off in the stumbling , hurried , slightly reckless way that traffic pulls over for ambulances or royalty . |
| 7 | THE earth wo n't move for married astronauts Jan Davis and Mark Lee after they blast off in the shuttle Endeavour tomorrow . |
| 8 | Not to be outdone , Dave Doyle claimed to have at least 108 , but they washed off in the shower . |
| 9 | Oh it would have been half as small , and she used to tell us grand stories with them setting off in the morning with their a bottle of milk and their , it 's like a pi with them , to keep the fire going to keep them warm and everything . |