Example sentences of "[conj] run off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My mam says he 's prob'ly in prison or run off with a bit of stuff , ’ said one of the hostiles in the playground one milk-break . |
| 2 | I 'd parked Armstrong around the side of Sedgeley House in one of the diagonal streets that run off to the Edgware Road . |
| 3 | No notice , right with these are exactly the same as those now alright so what we 're going to do is we 're going to subtract right , if we subtract from a , subtract b from a all those terms that run off into infinity , we 're gon na drop out , okay . |
| 4 | By now you are well and truly into the region of the great valleys that run off at right-angles from the watershed , the ‘ Pyrenees of the saves ’ , as geographers have tended to name it , to distinguish it from the configuration of the mountains further east , where the valleys are mostly more orthodox and run cross-ways or parallel with the frontier . |
| 5 | Afterwards I have to go to the Headmaster and explain to him that running off with the papermate was all a joke and could I help it if people had no sense of humour … ? |
| 6 | And — this idea really takes the biscuit — the cute TV puppy impersonation ; you know the one — grab the end of a full toilet roll and run off with it , laughing , Mum in hot pursuit ! |
| 7 | They was made that two men had to lift 'em , so there was hardly likely that any thief was gon na get in there and run off with one of these boxes cos you 'd never lift it . |
| 8 | ‘ I do wish she would meet some nice fellow and run off with him . |
| 9 | Although at first it may prove excitable and run off around the garden , the puppy should soon return to you . |
| 10 | Kafka and Milena take fright and run off in different directions . |
| 11 | Picking up a bubble-gum machine from outside of a shop and running off with it , for example , would be generally thought rather dull . |
| 12 | She just sat there , staring out at us with her face all blank and closed up , as if she could n't see us any more , and as the bus lurched forward we all waved and ran off to our big school up the hill . |
| 13 | They snatched two bags containing a large amount of cash and ran off to a waiting a white Vauxhall Nova GTE , registration number F235 BKM . |
| 14 | Why did n't you tell me ? ’ and ran off for help . |
| 15 | One doctor was being driven home when he suddenly said : ‘ Stop the car and let me out ’ , at which he leapt out and ran off down the road into the dark . |
| 16 | He laughed , tucked the charango under his arm and ran off down the track . |
| 17 | I screamed and ran off down the street . |
| 18 | She flew around , looking for Prince William , found him in the kitchen , grabbed his arm and ran off through a side door . |
| 19 | ‘ So long , then , ’ he said and ran off with Caspar . |
| 20 | Roy Dickens , one of our 400 metre runners , told me that on one occasion he and his brother Brian were shopping with their mother when a white man mugged an old lady and ran off with her handbag . |
| 21 | One of the attendants offered him a cup : he did not drink from this but threw out the contents and ran off with it . |
| 22 | It was hardly likely to be repeated in 1977 , when Niki returned to form with a vengeance and ran off with the championship by a huge margin , leaving Master James stranded in fifth place . |
| 23 | Then he became Treasurer of the fund to save St Erks church — and ran off with the £1000 in the appeal fund . |
| 24 | They escaped and ran off with 3 precious points . |
| 25 | Cleveland police say the girl grabbed her shopping bag , fished out the purse and ran off with it joined by another girl . |
| 26 | Just grabbed her handbag and ran off with it . |
| 27 | He eventually panicked and ran off as the boy screamed for help . |
| 28 | In terror , she lifted her skirts and ran off into the village , proclaiming loudly that ‘ the diel ’ was in Alloway kirk . |
| 29 | A mile down the road , he asked me to stop , jumped out and ran off into the darkness , leaving his knife behind . |
| 30 | Yet when he saw her the next day and attempted to speak to her she told him to leave her alone and ran off into the prop-room . |