Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the wind drifting off from the island . |
| 2 | Police even stopped one souvenir hunter cycling off with the ship 's compass tucked under his arm . |
| 3 | a pickpocket running off with the victim 's wallet and money . |
| 4 | A vignette is an illustration without border or frame , the picture shading off into the surrounding paper . |
| 5 | She saw old Diggory shuffling off to the back regions , the protesting Hector in tow . |
| 6 | At the end of this wall leading off to the left was another passage to the downstairs lobby and the stairway to the first floor . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They have taken steps to stop water draining off from the mini-lake , and done an inordinate amount of plodging in the wetland . |
| 9 | The sound of wheels turned in her ears again as she thought of Maman driving off to the railway station as if on some brisk pursuit . |
| 10 | I spotted the incontinent Nubian slinking off into the desert to squat behind a hill . |
| 11 | ( The little road going off to the left here , towards Host a , I certainly do n't advise ; it scared the wits out of me one afternoon , so steep , narrow and broken was it ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You ca n't see down that part of the cloister leading off from the chapel into the convent . |
| 14 | I tell ‘ em , that 's all I need , to wake up and find me bed floating off up the stairs . ’ |
| 15 | What I saw was principally field upon field rolling off into the far distance . |
| 16 | At the farm entrance gate marked Bwlch-y-waun follow the path leading off up the open hill to the summit of Tor y Foel ( 1,806ft ) . |
| 17 | The praise was complete and we all departed , the minister helicoptering off to the high mountains to give worship to the farmers herding their stock . |
| 18 | Later , when I was a city detective in the early 1960s , we again used clothing to mark off our separation and dirty , ragged tramps shuffling off to shelter in rubble-filled dens under the Tyne Bridge would become a referent to our despised neighbours : ‘ look [ we would point ] there 's a Gateshead detective hurrying off on the scent … |
| 19 | Whole rooms of the Turk 's Head were taken over by bits of fairground waiting for the revival that would send Uncle Titch and Grandad chortling off to the local branch of the Co-op . |
| 20 | Newman spotted the track leading off to the right and swung away from the main road . |
| 21 | The headlights of the Fiat swept from one side of the narrow winding road to the other , picking out an area of ploughed field , a thicket of scrub oaks with last year 's brown leaves still clinging to the branches , an ancient wooden cart fitted with modern lorry tyres , an abandoned barn covered with posters for a dance band called ‘ The Lads of the Adriatic ’ , a dirt track leading off into the hills . |
| 22 | In his wake trailed the baptist preacher , his words of comfort drifting off in the wind . |
| 23 | When challenged by the head gardener the Americans pretended to be a press gang , which was sufficient to set ‘ all the stout young fellows ’ on the estate running off to the town for safety , but he also informed them that their intended victim was taking the waters at Buxton , and Jones set off back to his boat , until the two officers with him pointed out that , having left Whitehaven empty-handed , the crew should at least be allowed to loot the house . |
| 24 | We wasted no time taking off over the rice paddies of Thailand . |