Example sentences of "and then [vb past] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said I believed them to be following the correct route and then crept off into the mist surreptitiously to whip out my compass . |
| 2 | Case loads of course built up gradually as the samples were generated , and then tailed off after the recruitment year ended . |
| 3 | Mahmud bathed from the stern of the boat and then went off through the trees to buy some food from a nearby village . |
| 4 | Scunthorpe 's Stevenson was cautioned and then sent off in the space of 60 seconds , and while Burnley tried to take advantage the visiting 10 seemed as vulnerable as green bottles . |
| 5 | It whined , backed away with its eyes fixed on Grimma , and then darted off into the darkness . |
| 6 | We held hands all the way through Live Aid , having not spoken to each other for a week , and then rushed off to the Post Office as soon as we could with our three pounds . |
| 7 | Gay had scraped together quite a creditable lunch , which Breeze swallowed in haste and then rushed off to the Vicarage . |
| 8 | She ordered a glass of milk , gulped it down and then rushed off to the ladies . |
| 9 | I had a perm on Friday and then rushed off to the dentist for an emergency white cement type filling to fill my Friday 13th loss ( ! ) — maddening to have to go back again as it is the other side of town , but I walked the two miles or so home , along with Bella . |
| 10 | He ordered the driver and two officers to get out … and then drove off with the third towards London . |
| 11 | It bumped into his foot , beeped at him , and then bustled off in the opposite direction . |
| 12 | Er , well we only really done exercises and then started off with the play . |