Example sentences of "[verb] off [prep] the other " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |
3 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
4 | The mother was an unmarried girl by the name of Mercy Barnett , a whatever'sstreet trader 's daughter , ill used by a seaman who had made off to the other side of the world rather than face up to his responsibilities . |
5 | They had organized a decoy system whereby Carolyn drove Diana 's car to entice her press pursuers away and then Diana would emerge from Coleherne Court and walk off in the other direction . |
6 | I started at one corner and I went right across and came off at the other corner , and I did n't go back . |
7 | The two of us stand next to his second hole unable to distinguish sky and lake and cut off from the other pair . |
8 | The French soldiers , cut off from the other guests both linguistically and emotionally , spoke only amongst themselves , occasionally voluble , more often morose . |
9 | The tramp tossed the empty cup away and shuffled off in the other direction . |
10 | They scuttled off after the other boys . |
11 | Therefore , if a moth hears a bat approaching about 100 feet away , its best policy is to fly off in the other direction . |
12 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
13 | However , it soon pulled itself together and shot off in the other direction — no doubt grateful of the intervention which gave its release . |
14 | ‘ You take off to the other side of the world to get a clearer perspective on what 's happening here , right ? |
15 | But you do n't have to rush off to the other extreme . |
16 | Then , not daring to glance round to see whether the cows were coming after her , she put one foot on the pedal , pushed off with the other , and began to ride away . |