Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] off [prep] [art] " 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 | I push off into the bright sunshine , and across the playground . |
| 5 | I got off with a lot of things . |
| 6 | he was going round going oh my God I got off with a real dog . |
| 7 | ‘ I got off on the wrong foot , and I 'm never going to get it right now . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I chatted with her while I weighed the potatoes , then I moved off to the wines and spirits section . |
| 10 | I moved off to the PGA caravan to have words with Sally about our tentative arrangement for dinner at her flat . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I head off along the road and make for Deptford High Street , swinging my bag of clothes like I was going on holiday . |
| 15 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 16 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 17 | Yes , I stopped off at the |
| 18 | I cut off from the lane up towards Great Coum and the Megger Stones . |
| 19 | After my 20 minutes , I came off in a muck sweat . |
| 20 | shall I finish off after the break ? |
| 21 | ‘ Bless my soul , ’ said Calatin in a deep rumbling voice , ‘ bless my soul , I believe I dropped off for a while . |
| 22 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
| 23 | Then I run off in a storm to see an astrologer . |
| 24 | I turned off to the right through the row of trees , and just as I was meandering past thy rhododendrons I shouted , ‘ Hell and damnation ! ’ |
| 25 | I turned off to the right . |
| 26 | But this was an A-road and I wanted to keep mainly to the minor routes , so half-way up I turned off behind the Ponderosa Cafe and joined the Old Horseshoe Pass . |
| 27 | I ca n't see what Andy 's doing because the man 's body is in the way , but then Andy hits into him , bowling him backwards and he shouts and I wriggle away from them ; I scramble off through the ferns on all fours and then stop and look back and the man 's got Andy , he 's struggling with him , leaning over him , folding him , pressing him down , and Andy 's breathing hard , grunting , trying to break free . |
| 28 | I kick off with an idea for a shady border under a deciduous tree . |
| 29 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
| 30 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |