Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could hear them squeaking off from a distance . |
| 2 | I might have escaped her vigilance when I made off with the boat , but my wails of distress soon brought her running to the rescue . |
| 3 | I crept off down a little path through curling bracken . |
| 4 | Finally , I round off with some of the social implications of the continued involvement of black youth in sport . |
| 5 | I push off into the bright sunshine , and across the playground . |
| 6 | I got off with a lot of things . |
| 7 | I got off with Andrew but that 's all a p only a who I get off with him and I do n't fancy him , I know I do n't want to go out with him I just fancy him for the occasional snog , fair enough but I 'm just saying like you know you fancy |
| 8 | But apparently they know that I 'm really forward which is absolute , actually not very true cos Ed said that I was quite forward and he , I was only forward with him because the person I got off with just before him was bloody forward and it made me a bit forward but I calmed down after that , you know ? |
| 9 | I got off with someone for his hat . |
| 10 | I got off with |
| 11 | he was going round going oh my God I got off with a real dog . |
| 12 | One afternoon , a week later , I decided the time had come to stop dithering like a Victorian maiden and to write to Bill , when I got off at ten that night , asking if no news was good news . |
| 13 | It 's a testament to how captivating The Orb 's music is that I got off on this so much , completely alone and without recourse to anything stronger than the Institute 's lukewarm lager . |
| 14 | ‘ I got off on the wrong foot , and I 'm never going to get it right now . |
| 15 | 4 to 5 is relatively easy and if someone starts off at 5 they do n't need any persuading at all ( attempts to persuade them may irritate them so much that they start to move to the left ! ) . |
| 16 | Mark and I agreed to have a game together soon and I moved off down the course , and mused on the ways in which the pro golfers cope in their different ways with the unusual demands of the pro-am . |
| 17 | I chatted with her while I weighed the potatoes , then I moved off to the wines and spirits section . |
| 18 | I moved off to the PGA caravan to have words with Sally about our tentative arrangement for dinner at her flat . |
| 19 | I wandered off to Harwich . |
| 20 | I waited for twenty minutes , and the numbers advanced only to three hundred and ninety-three , so I wandered off to the station newsagent 's to look at girlie magazines . |
| 21 | Having admired the kingly tomb and added the name ‘ O'Connor ’ to my list of families who might accept the Irish throne , I wandered off to the Abbey Hotel . |
| 22 | Once the Knights had made their challenges ready for the tourney held at the end of the show and the demonstrations of dancing , archery and squire practice had started I wandered off outside the arena to demonstrate spinning with a drop spindle . |
| 23 | I head off along the road and make for Deptford High Street , swinging my bag of clothes like I was going on holiday . |
| 24 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 25 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 26 | I stopped off at Jim Groeling 's place — a fine old barn — to discuss some architectural drawings with him . |
| 27 | Yes , I stopped off at the |
| 28 | ‘ So I 'm terribly sorry , but I wo n't be able to c — ’ I break off on hearing a low moan then an uninterrupted wailing noise , followed by the gnashing of elderly dentures , the grinding of elderly cheek muscles , the solid thud of arthritic knees hitting tufted twistpile , some steady gasping and choking noises , then worst of all , the terrible silence of a condemned committee member : |
| 29 | The defensive manoeuvre behind it is something like this : if I do n't acknowledge that this thing has happened then I do n't have to believe it is true ; I wo n't have to understand what has occurred if I hold off from consciously realizing that it has happened . |
| 30 | I cut off from the lane up towards Great Coum and the Megger Stones . |