Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] off at [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped off at Jim Groeling 's place — a fine old barn — to discuss some architectural drawings with him . |
| 2 | Alison recounted : ‘ I started off at Stirling when I was seven , played until I was 12 and helped out with coaching for a year after that . |
| 3 | Well we went off , we got off at Peel which was the other side as you know and there was Peel Castle right on the hill there and erm well after , and she said we wo n't go to these sea front cafes , well I know a nice restaurant , she said , up that road , and she said , just turn to the right and there we are , see . |
| 4 | We stopped off at Wagener 's Museum , a one-man collection of nearly everything ; Maori artefacts , washing machines , gramophones , even chamber pots of every size shape and colour . |
| 5 | WE stopped off at Kouloura , only a mile from Albania across the sea . |
| 6 | We stopped off at Nonza where the only sound to be heard in the morning air was children singing . |
| 7 | On the way to Whitby and the first hostel , we turned off at Skinningrove , a steel-producing town that looked exactly like a slice of Newcastle 's backstreets scooped up and set down on the rugged coastline . |
| 8 | We started off at Saffron Walden which has a castle some really beautiful old buildings . |
| 9 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
| 10 | He was strongly tempted to stay on the train and take his chance but remembering the man he had seen the Railway Police arrest he got off at Lichtenberg and bought a ticket at the machine . |
| 11 | He stopped off at Dingwall for a sketch or two and rejoined the train in Inverness . |
| 12 | He started off at Ramsbottom depot , er , a few things I did n't know about him . |
| 13 | Shortish , with dark curly hair — ’ He broke off at Montgomery 's expression . |