Example sentences of "he [verb] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He made off with an undisclosed amount of cash . |
2 | A gunman fired more than 20 shots into the building , but as he made off in a stolen car , a soldier fired a single shot from an Army observation post on the top of a block of flats several hundred yards away . |
3 | He made off in a W-registered Ford Cortina estate , stolen in Middlesbrough on May 11 . |
4 | Suddenly he drifts off into a momentary reverie , gradually descending back to earth . |
5 | Tom does n't speak much to anyone but to the caddie when he 's in contention and he marches off at a cracking pace . |
6 | He got off at the next village and waddled away up a street with his bag of guavas . |
7 | Yet he got off to a good start against New Zealand , and no one in England could have been in any doubt that even without Lloyd around their heroes were in for a tough time . |
8 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
9 | With a look of resignation , he removed his hand , took his glass from Donal , and , that fascinating little indent beside his mouth once more in evidence , he moved off towards the beckoning Dolores . |
10 | a talisman , a passport — and with Wood seeing them out onto the empty streets , he moved off through the cool , misty town , into Newlands Valley , over towards Buttermere , his heart hammering him on to get back to her before it was too late . |
11 | He staggered off towards a nearby Black Maria ( preferring , at this point , arrest to sudden death ) , jumped in the back and was greeted by one of the officers with the words ‘ fascist scum ’ and a ‘ boot in the face ’ . |
12 | And he boobed when he sneaked off to an isolated toilet for a crafty fag — because his foreman was in the next cubicle . |
13 | By the time he came off to a huge ovation , Essex were dawdling along at 99-3 off 36 overs . |
14 | When he turned off at a small junction taking a no-through road , she stopped and watched him out of sight . |
15 | Moore , he rocketed off to the very opposite of metaphysical extremes . |
16 | Then he walked off towards an irregular stone monument near the graves , a memorial to the 543 Jews from the area murdered by the Germans . |
17 | He jumped the queue at the ticket counter — his stub realized $I8- but he went on standing there in line , his head babyishly lolling with impatience , before he peeled off into the store-flanked tunnels . |
18 | ‘ How many more of you are- ’ he broke off with a stifled gasp as a hand clutched the skin exposed at the side of his neck by his wide and unbuttoned collar , and he folded to the ground . |
19 | He broke off as a natural brunette called Kim came from behind one of the screens . |
20 | But Ven , she discovered , was not prepared to let her off the hook , and , ‘ Why … ’ he began to challenge , ‘ … when you 're honest , I know it , yet have begun on a path of deception to one particular end — why , when it 's so important to your sister whom — you love … ’ an alert look suddenly came to his eyes , and he broke off for a brief moment before continuing , his serious dark eyes holding hers ‘ … a sister whom you 'd do anything for , as you proved when you left England and came here — why are you ready to leave now , without another thought ? ’ |
21 | But soon he took off from the earthly tediousness of the concrete for a glide in purer air . |
22 | He ambled off towards the nearest tray . |
23 | He turned and rushed back towards the cage ; but finding the gate barred , he skittered off towards the nearest group of spectators , hotly pursued by his enemy . |
24 | He was a miner and he went off to the First World War and got killed . |
25 | His restless spirit could not settle to his legal studies and in 1809 , having obtained a commission from a merchant company to act as their agent and establish trade agreements , he went off to the Mediterranean area . |
26 | Me , myself , and I. ’ After losing in the Gotcha Pro early that summer on the South Side of Oahu , he went off on a self-destructive bender . |
27 | He went off on a political career and before long was a Member of the European Parliament , always in the news as he made himself available for interviews and revealed a great flair for leading controversial campaigns . |
28 | He went off at a steady trot and I thought as I had done so often that there could n't be many noblemen in England like him . |
29 | He went off with a medium spring to his step and I saw him later with his arms round Donna 's shoulders , which was n't ( as far as I knew ) in his script . |
30 | He went off with a lovely bang . ’ |