Example sentences of "and [vb past] off [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animal has been surveyed and laid off like a map ; and the men have been classified in over thirty specialties and twenty rates of pay , from 16 cents to 50 cents an hour . |
| 2 | ‘ This way , ’ she said firmly , and plunged off into a perfumery hall of gleaming marble , as lush as some Byzantine church . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll get undressed , ’ she muttered and stalked off behind a bush . |
| 4 | Burglars entered a house in Harrison Terrace , Darlington , on Saturday evening and made off with a man 's gold watch valued at £100 and two bottles of whisky . |
| 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 | Then they built a sand-castle with ramparts and a moat and turrets , and stopped off at a café on their way home and treated themselves to a delicious cream tea . |
| 7 | with unusual curtness and drove off at a speed which suggested that Darren was about to enjoy a gratifyingly exciting ride . |
| 8 | Frankie arrived back by himself about an hour later and drove off without a word to anybody . |
| 9 | POLICE were today examining an arms find after a car turned back and drove off from a checkpoint on the outskirts of Belfast last night . |
| 10 | Still painfully relieved that he was not to be made an unwanted orphan and bundled off to a Home , Frankie left the room without a word . |
| 11 | It twisted into an origami boat and sailed off towards a sewer inlet . |
| 12 | Stamping their hopelessly outsize boots , they trudged in single file out of the gutted , white-stone church and slogged off over a ditch away from the barricade . |
| 13 | Meh'Lindi turned and raced off up a steel stairway . |
| 14 | The defender blocks by turning his body sideways so that the blow misses the target , and then counter-attacks with a palm-hand strike aimed upwards at the opponent 's chin ; this in its turn may be countered by a downwards slapping motion with a flat-palm strike to the attacker 's hand and finished off with a backfist strike to the nose , using the same hand that was used to block . |
| 15 | During World War II Yamaguchi was captured by the Russians and shipped off to a labour camp . |
| 16 | He turned his horse at once and ambled off without a word . |
| 17 | A shearwater skipped the surface almost under his nose and skittered off with a whip-whip-whip of wings . |
| 18 | ‘ I hate my fat knees , ’ she said , and went off for a ten-mile hike . |
| 19 | The wings became a blur and Twoflower was jerked back as the dragon veered and sped off down a side corridor like a gnat-crazed swallow . |
| 20 | Sometimes he left the food , leaned into the wind and took off for a while , to circle and check that no Men were about . |
| 21 | Jezrael lurched stiffly to her feet and lumbered off at a run . |
| 22 | ‘ Desperately , desperately ill ! ’ she said , over her shoulder , then swooped down to the dishwasher , picked up a handful of plates , and marched off towards a cupboard . |
| 23 | Before she could struggle to her feet , Diana neatly sidestepped her bruised stepmother and marched off without a word or a backward glance . |
| 24 | An afternoon to yourself to discover the treasures of this revered Cathedral City then a little nap , perhaps and later refreshed and invigorated off to a gala evening with a menu fit for a king . |
| 25 | Unable to free the bridge by himself he blamed his wife and cleared off down a dirt track . |
| 26 | She ushered them into deep leather chairs , offered Edward a copy of the Financial Times ( which he took , cravenly ) and pranced off down a corridor . |
| 27 | She flew around , looking for Prince William , found him in the kitchen , grabbed his arm and ran off through a side door . |
| 28 | Council workmen checking for land subsidence found the horrible remains close to the tunnel 's mouth and ran off in a panic to raise the alarm with their screams . |
| 29 | In fact , her mate Klono had been killed and dragged off by a leopard one night when her son Krono was about a year old . |
| 30 | She rose and flounced off in a swish of skirts and a whiff of fragrant perfume . |