Example sentences of "then [verb] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was close to her home in Iona street when the man threatened her with a handgun , and then made off with a small sum of money . |
| 2 | Every sentence begins ‘ The whole point is this , ’ proceeds doggedly towards the target , then veers off at the last moment and explodes harmlessly in the undergrowth . |
| 3 | They come close to enjoining all scientists to refuse to engage in military research but then back off at the last moment . |
| 4 | Fowler and Broad then got off to a good start with 90 for the first wicket before things began to go wrong . |
| 5 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 6 | The party then moved off down the Spanish Steps to the Hotel della Villa where the main dinner and presentations took place . |
| 7 | The crowds who gathered on Alexanderplatz and then moved off on a winding trail through East Berlin were in any case convinced he was their man . |
| 8 | This line of islands swings round to the north , and finally back to the west through South Georgia , describing a great loop , and then heads off for the extreme south of South America . |
| 9 | After flying on land , the group were then whisked off in an airborne plane to Robert Carrier 's restaurant in Suffolk for a sumptuous lunch . |
| 10 | He ordered the driver and two officers to get out … and then drove off with the third towards London . |
| 11 | Those who could not escape put in a token appearance , showing themselves before the delegates from their local constituency association and then scuttling off on the first train back to civilization . |
| 12 | That did n't stop my old man pocketing the money , touching his cap and then heading off towards the Black Bull . |
| 13 | Using a wash-down hose , rinse out the oven and then finish off to a fine sparkle with a quick wipe around . |
| 14 | The metal yields easily at first , hardens somewhat and then breaks off in a brittle fashion . |
| 15 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
| 16 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |
| 17 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 18 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 19 | He examined the gallery , then set off along the left-hand corridor where the men 's bedrooms were . |
| 20 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 21 | Eventually it was just a dark dot way up in the shy , almost unrecognisable except for the distinctive flight pattern : it would glide round in a circle , then soar off in a straight line , helped along by the wind , and finally resume its circular flight again . |
| 22 | Tips for success : apply strips of wax to the hair , then strip off in the opposite direction of hair growth . |
| 23 | I followed the main road up the mountain leading west , then struck off along an old mule track . |
| 24 | Tiny hummingbirds fly down from New England into Louisiana and then take off on a non-stop sea-crossing of five hundred miles across the Bay of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula and the warm jungles of Central and South America . |
| 25 | I lapsed into a semi-coma , only vaguely conscious that we came round again to the familiar spot and waited , then headed off in a new direction . |
| 26 | She looked at him wide-eyed for a second , then ran off in the same direction as Isay . |
| 27 | It bumped into his foot , beeped at him , and then bustled off in the opposite direction . |