Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darlington won 20–15 at North Durham , where they got off to a flying start with two tries in the first 20 minutes by winger Martin Bewick and flanker Paul Barkes . |
| 2 | It was Jeff who 'd insisted that they stop off for a drink . |
| 3 | So the disorder of the pieces will probably increase with time if the pieces obey the initial condition that they start off in a condition of high order . |
| 4 | He rejoices at the fact that they started off with small-town views , and began thinking globally . |
| 5 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 6 | It was like autumn , Pink the chaffinch was his friend , we hurry , so they flew off to a field where the corn had been thrashed . |
| 7 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 8 | Jack agreed and they set off down the track side , treading carefully in case they tripped over signal wire . |
| 9 | Michele rejoined her and they set off on foot . |
| 10 | Bridget pulled the door shut and they set off after him . |
| 11 | Jack chucked her her helmet , stowed the emergency gear and fired up his bike , and in seconds she was clinging on behind him as the sirens wailed and they took off through the car park as if the hounds of hell were after them . |
| 12 | I think just the fact that my wife knew what was going on , and knew the problems exactly you know , they had their own meetings and the food parcels that they could organize , you know I would n't have a clue how to go about it , the fact that various shops refused to have collection points inside , and they wrote off to the management of these shops and got that changed . |
| 13 | And they drove off into another amazing wall of water . |
| 14 | He got off and they went off with it ! |
| 15 | She enjoyed the Sundays when Grant came home and they went off on outings ‘ as if we were a perfectly ordinary family ’ . |
| 16 | When Frankie arrived on Tuesday afternoon with his printing order , he got hold of Mark and they went off on their own . |
| 17 | He arranged an abortion which went wrong and they went off to the South of France to recuperate . |
| 18 | ‘ Aye , mention doing the double and they take off like ferrets wi' their gutties on , ’ she sighs . |
| 19 | She ran , jumped on her girlfriend 's motorbike and they roared off to the house in the middle of the ricefields where they were staying , the bike slewing around in panic . |
| 20 | Children from the local primary school cycled the path to attend the ceremony , but when Walter and Ted started reminiscing about bike rides to Newcastle in the 1920's , their patience ran out and they scampered off to the village hall for their free tea ! |
| 21 | And they backed off in the stumbling , hurried , slightly reckless way that traffic pulls over for ambulances or royalty . |
| 22 | George Williamson and three other men did not hesitate to launch to the aid of Ralph Pottinger , even though the coastguard had advised them not to attempt a rescue , and they cast off from Scalloway Harbour at 2138 , aboard Challenge , a steel-built 36ft salmon work boat . |
| 23 | Endill told him the plan so far , and they headed off to the sick bay , Mr Litmus taking his pile of notes with him . |
| 24 | Mr McDoodle pulled on the reins and they headed off down the drive , past the old hanging tree and out onto the bumpy road . |
| 25 | They regularly assert that the significance of an observed action is symbolic ( rather than functional ) and they start off with a basic assumption that emotions and attitudes are just as much observable characteristics as colours or structures . |
| 26 | They say goodbye to wives who wear curlers , and they ride off on bikes with their scarves trailing behind like pennants . |
| 27 | And God help those sweetpeas if they stray off of their canes . |
| 28 | The income of inhabitants does not change in the same proportion if they start off in equal housing . |
| 29 | But they set off in April — and forgot to tell the town hall . |
| 30 | It 's against the law , but they get off with it . |