Example sentences of "[pron] off [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christmases were wonderful and greatly looked forward to by us both , but they were also tiring , and in early January , when all danger of further jollity from New Year had receded , we took ourselves off for a couple of days . |
| 2 | And he says , sells his off at a quarter of a million , per cube . |
| 3 | You know I took himself off to the Park the other day , the the tiny one you know ! and fortunately I was n't in charge , his father was in charge of them . |
| 4 | Cornelius took himself off to the telephone box . |
| 5 | Then , as much in guilty reaction to the receptionist 's parting look of disapproval as in the hope of ordering his thoughts , he took himself off to the bath . |
| 6 | Made a vain attempt to tidy up the room , which was already looking like a heavy-metal combat zone , and took himself off for a shower . |
| 7 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |
| 8 | Pam Dixon 's here , the bearded wonder has taken himself off for the weekend |
| 9 | either committed suicide he took a throw himself off beside the boat hoping he 'd never be found or he erm was murdered cos you know , people do n't like him oh Reg came up with a good one , he said we possibly he wanted to disappear you see |
| 10 | Gabriel had taken himself off under a table . |
| 11 | A MAN passed himself off as a solicitor to get into a prison and beat up a prisoner accused of molesting his daughter , it was revealed today . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's admitted passing himself off as the Prince 's chef , and when his dastardly plan to assassinate His Royal Highness by poison did n't work , he kidnapped him . |
| 13 | What can be said for them is that if the High Priest is acting in the fullest awareness at present attainable by his people , it is right for him to perform the sacrifice , just as it would be right for a Western onlooker to try to dissuade him ; he is not like a Nazi who has voluntarily shut himself off from the knowledge of biology and history and the personal sensitivity attained by the culture of the Weimar Republic . |
| 14 | Pascoe closed himself off from the knowledge , like someone turning to face a wall . |
| 15 | Gaily selected the tools and took them off down the path to the back-gate . |
| 16 | He beckoned and led them off between the Standing Stones . |
| 17 | We could send them off to a university or something like that so the . |
| 18 | The band trundled back to their hotel — the infamous Chelsea Hotel — to get their best party rags on and were halfway through their quick-change when the NY police burst into their room and hauled them off to the station . |
| 19 | had to keep dragging them off to the toilet , they 'd never seen blind children you see they 'd all seen adults |
| 20 | I draw in the markings of each Friesian heifer — they 're all unique , you see — and send them off to the breed society , then they 're registered . ’ |
| 21 | To get into this trade , the Company was reorganized in 1663 and added buying slaves and shipping them off to the sugar islands to its original objectives . |
| 22 | The conventional way of cleaning fabrics is to cart them off to the washing machine , wash them , dry them , and cart them back again . |
| 23 | The pressure became too much as sponsors , fly-by-nights and average New Zealanders sent them off to the World Cup with the message that all New Zealand expected them to win . |
| 24 | Each ship is built for the coronation of the ruler and on his or her death bears them off to the Isle of the Dead to rest at last with the ancient rulers of Ulthuan . |
| 25 | This is what pisses me off so often you know , things like the halls of residence and stuff are there to help the students and they do n't , they just try and rip them off for every cent they can do it for . |
| 26 | He blew a lot of his money on gambling , even slot machines , and buying cars before he got bored with them and sold them off for a fraction of the price he paid for them . ’ |
| 27 | They never were , and war in 1879 cut their value , many holders selling them off for a pittance . |
| 28 | Indeed , Mr Pocklington and his ilk would take small cannon onto a suitable lake and fire them off for the edification of the plumber partridges who came to nest in the district . |
| 29 | His mother put her hands back on the wheel but threw them off with a scream . |
| 30 | Elizabeth saw them off with a sense of loss , and heartfelt relief . |