Example sentences of "when he [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was about five when Dad started taking me with him when he went off to the allotment and I remember how , on a Wednesday evening , we went to Johnny Lampard 's yard in Exeter Street . |
| 2 | When he went off to the war in 1914 she took a job as an usherette in an effort to get as near as possible to the warmth of the theatre and away from the coldness of his family . |
| 3 | Daisy suddenly wanted to check her face , and when he went off at the end of the chukka to talk to the next group playing , which included Perdita , she toned down her rosy cheeks and drenched her neck with Je Reviens , but failed to put the top back on properly , so it stank out the Land-Rover . |
| 4 | Lardner was called ‘ the Tyrant ’ by his contributors ; he was an Irishman , who created a sensation when he ran off with the wife of an army officer . |
| 5 | When he broke off in the middle of the sentence , she glanced up at him curiously and was completely taken by surprise when he pulled her into his arms and kissed her . |
| 6 | Two things mattered to Mr Major when he set off on the campaign road a month ago . |
| 7 | When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed . |
| 8 | There had been no unexplained nights away and no displays of petulance , and when he set off through the gates of his house he drove slowly and with care . |
| 9 | Seconds later , when he marched off at the interval , Gooch got another ovation and handshakes all round from the Australians . |