Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] off with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police gave no details but it appeared Mr Anderson fell dying with gunshot wounds , and the Ford Capri car sped off with the gunman and Ms Fisher inside . |
| 2 | Police even stopped one souvenir hunter cycling off with the ship 's compass tucked under his arm . |
| 3 | However I did get a bit cheesed off with the movie 's rather plodding pace . |
| 4 | The remains of her whiteface make-up came off with the clotted badges of blood . |
| 5 | a pickpocket running off with the victim 's wallet and money . |
| 6 | Agitation caused the heavier ore to fall through the dense media into hoppers below , whilst the waste rode off with the current of water into further units , and eventually the sand pile . |
| 7 | The principle was the same however — the reliance of the mineral with its heavier specific gravity , settling down quickly whilst the waste rode off with the water . |
| 8 | The festival kicks off with The Rockingbirds . |
| 9 | Club president Gordon Podmore successfully defended the sponsors trophy at Hill Valley Golf Club , Whitchurch , and the four-man team walked off with the main tournament by one Stableford point . |
| 10 | Luci Hayter is here , whose husband went off with the girl in market research . |
| 11 | The thief made off with the week-end offerings from St. Mary 's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church in Killyleagh . |
| 12 | Now family reasons can be anything from baby 's colic to a wife running off with the milkman , and there is no arguing with them , because it is indelicate to inquire further , and potentially embarrassing to boot . |
| 13 | The month kicks off with the Not-So Innocent Bystanders ' production of ‘ 3 Steps to Heaven ’ , a new music theatre piece by writer/performer Helen Trew , and directed by local actor Richard Orr . |
| 14 | ‘ Looks like his mate went off with the car . |
| 15 | Revealing one 's body brings into conflict a wish to show off with the desire to cover up . |
| 16 | ‘ Took the car into the garage and the silly cow went off with the keys . |
| 17 | When the solicited animal joins in the harassment , it may end with the enlister going off with the female and leaving the other two to fight it out . |
| 18 | I 'm just a bit pissed off with the way the wallpaper 's hanging ! |
| 19 | The sun breaks through the hazy Teesside smog just as the show kicks off with the release of hundreds of helium-filled balloons about as environmentally-friendly as the tall factory chimneys they fly past . |
| 20 | and if you got to change the wheel or anything you got a , there 's some clips , you undo the clips down the driver and the back hand comes off with the wheel |
| 21 | It was eleven o'clock before all the family were in bed , and two o'clock next morning was the latest time to set off with the beehives . |
| 22 | I have noticed how close we have grown since his mother ran off with the Turnbury Post Office United 's physiotherapist . |
| 23 | ‘ So why should the English guy take off with the girl ? ’ |
| 24 | The piano and violin set off with the air of those ready to bask in the music 's warmth , and it seemed that , for once , this awkward , unbalanced work — for it is unsatisfactory , not just in its instrumentation , but in its musical make-up — might be entirely convincing . |
| 25 | On Chuck 's order , the makeshift stretcher party set off with the two youngsters leading the way , Jim supporting the quietly sobbing Louise and lighting the way for those behind . |