Example sentences of "[vb past] off with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hard work payed off with a total of 36 units being sold . |
| 2 | As she moved off with the other mounted followers , Artemis determined that if her father thought it was time for her to stop riding ponies and learn to hunt on a horse , then so be it . |
| 3 | She raised her hand as a dubious Herr Nordern forced the car into almost the right gear and drove off with a curious jerking motion , then turned and went into the Centre with a look on her face which boded ill for anyone who crossed her path that day . |
| 4 | Minutes after the tragedy Mrs Fenton , 50 , drove off with a friend . |
| 5 | He thought she meant she was going straight home and drove off with a sulky smile . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd say he was a transit airline passenger on a refuelling stop who got off his aeroplane , changed into a pair of overalls in the toilet , drove off with a van-load of baggage , took what he wanted and was back on his plane well within the time his flight was called , to continue his journey without even going through customs . |
| 7 | The car drove off with a scream of tyres , and Fran shivered in sudden reaction as she watched him go . |
| 8 | After the hour-long service Diana drove off with the boys in the back to Kensington Palace . |
| 9 | He ordered the driver and two officers to get out … and then drove off with the third towards London . |
| 10 | The derailment at Dovey was interesting in that the back bogie of the 37/4 and front bogie of the first coach came off with a bump . |
| 11 | The remains of her whiteface make-up came off with the clotted badges of blood . |
| 12 | But alas , alack , someone in Dover took a can-opener to their trusty Sherpa van on Sunday 22nd November and waltzed off with the following : a purple sunburst ESP Horizon 5-string bass in flightcase ; a 1982 Stratocaster in faded cream with ciggie burns on the headstock , also in a flightcase ; a sunburst Telecaster , also with ciggie burns and in a black moulded Fender case ; a 100-watt Marshall Hi-gain Dual Reverb head ; a Roland R-5 drum machine ; an Aztec wireless system in case with Studiomaster mic ; two bags — one ex-army , one sports bag — containing a large assortment of leads , strings , tuners , power supplies etc. , and a home-made pedal-board with a BOSS Stereo Chorus , an Ibanez bass compressor and an Aria stage tuner . |
| 13 | As she started back to check if he was hurt , Dan scrambled back on his bike and cycled off with a final red faced look over his shoulder . |
| 14 | Maggie was about to protest that talking to Roger and Luke did not qualify as lurking , but Roger made off with a bottle in each hand and Luke had vanished again . |
| 15 | They did not keep him long , however , and this time he made off with a companion and even had the nerve to work for three months on a French farm before starting a marathon trek across the entire length of France . |
| 16 | A TOTALLY pointless crime happened last week in Milton Keynes when office thieves made off with a computer — that speaks only Japanese ! |
| 17 | I have seen two crows gang up on a mallard with a brood of young , and , while one bird tormented the duck into chasing it , the other sneaked in and made off with a still struggling duckling in its beak . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Thieves made off with a microwave oven , £200 cash , a compact disc player , television and video recorder . |
| 20 | The latest raid came on Thursday night when thieves made off with a substantial amount of money from the dispensing machine at Lloyds Bank in Skinnergate , Darlington . |
| 21 | Burglars made off with a video recorder , CD player , cash , a television and other items worth a total of £1,370 from a house in Grange Road , Darlington , on Thursday . |
| 22 | They made off with a video recorder , music centre and jewellery from the property in Turker Lane . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Burglars made off with a video recorder , television , hifi , microwave and jewellery worth £2,439 from a house in Aviemore Court , Darlington . |
| 25 | Burglars made off with a video recorder , television , hifi , microwave and jewellery worth £2,439 from a house in Aviemore Court , Darlington . |
| 26 | Burglars made off with a Sony camcorder , three video tapes and a zoom lens worth £910 from a house in The Mead , Darlington . |
| 27 | Thieves made off with a television , video recorder , midi system , microwave oven , Vax cleaner , computer , 12 games and 20 CDs worth £1,960 from a house in Whorlton Moor Crescent , Darlington . |
| 28 | Burglars made off with a £350 Marlin cycle after breaking into a house in Wycombe Street , Darlington , on Sunday afternoon . |
| 29 | Doreen Johnson , warden at the Dalkeith House old folks complex said villains who made off with a large whisky bottle filled with coins were the lowest of the low . |
| 30 | Burglars made off with a Sekonda watch , a Panasonic television , a video recorder and a music centre worth £750 from a house in Humber Place , Darlington . |