Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] off [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet at one extreme a genuinely creative entrepreneur like Rupert Murdoch veered off into over-expansion and over- borrowing which have become as life-threatening as the antics of Alan Bond . |
| 2 | Surere broke off in fury . |
| 3 | Sir Richard flew off with wife Sheila Sim yesterday for Hawaii , to work in front of the camera for the first time in 15 years for Steven Spielberg 's latest film Jurassic Park . |
| 4 | Slowly , as fast as they could , the Macleans shoved off for home . |
| 5 | He entered the action after 17 minutes when Ian Rush limped off with hamstring trouble . |
| 6 | Doctor 's with your Pappy now , Miss Cora-Beth , and he 's ill with grieving and Jake went off on horseback not half an hour ago to fetch you and Mr Harry back from your party and we 's been waitin' and waitin' for you … ’ |
| 7 | On 17 June Gould set off with Sturt across the Mount Lofty range towards the Murray River . |
| 8 | Penny and her Second , Sylvia , talked about it all the way to the corner where Sylvia turned off for home , and Penny only remembered her lost budgie again when Sylvia said goodbye and added : ‘ I do hope you find Kelpie soon , Penny . ’ |
| 9 | PETERBOROUGH 's promotion hopes were dented when they lost 3–0 at lowly Wigan — and they also had striker Steve Cooper sent off for dissent . |
| 10 | Lowes fired Langley into the lead again after 49 minutes and they held on , despite having full back Paul Cooper sent off for swearing . |
| 11 | Tom went off on paternity leave and his secretary organised a whip-round to send a card and a gift . |
| 12 | And they were unlucky to have hooker Malcolm Thomason carried off with concussion midway through the half . |
| 13 | Her conscience at peace , Julia set off for dinner in a mood to enjoy herself . |
| 14 | For example , the large numbers of coins recovered from the Roman bath at Bath tapered off in number from the middle of the fourth century . |
| 15 | After a birthday egg-and-bacon fry up , Willie ran off to school . |
| 16 | In reprisal the Armstrongs set off in force and burned Netherby in Cumberland . |
| 17 | The major new documentary series of the year was Granada 's widely acclaimed ‘ Disappearing World ’ in which Brian Moser set off in search of native tribes in the remotest parts of the world . |
| 18 | Wednesday rushed off for help and Endill ran to where he remembered planting his seeds . |
| 19 | Dyson broke off in mid-explanation , frowning at a piece of copy-paper he had taken out of a little brown envelope marked ‘ J. Dyson Esqre . ’ |
| 20 | When her son Arnold went off to war , Emily felt completely at a loss , and was grateful for any help that was offered her . |
| 21 | Later in the race McCallen fell off at Church Corner , Portrush , but was unhurt and was hoping to be able to take part in the opening Superbike race which followed the 250cc . |
| 22 | Believing Clark 's Fork Canyon to be impassable , and convinced that Joseph was escaping , Sturgis set off in pursuit . |
| 23 | Stuart started off with pizza jokes |
| 24 | Not knowing the vintage of this picture , the Doctor and Barbara set off in search of Ian and Vicki . |
| 25 | Former Coalport production director Mike Harley ( below right ) takes over where Roger left off as production director at Tuscan . |
| 26 | Palace had Andy Thorn stretchered off with concussion , but he was given the all-clear after X-rays . |
| 27 | Imagine the scene : as the sun rises over the purple hills of Umbria in central Italy , Franco Scarponi and his son Adolfo set off in search of one of the region 's most highly prized delicacies — juniper berries . |
| 28 | The American Consul-General in Port of Spain granted Stewart an emergency visa for his dash through Caracas and on to New York , and Stewart set off at dawn on the Tuesday , hoping to reach Ayresome Park in time for the replay on Saturday . |
| 29 | Now Bridget broke off in mid-sentence and put her finger to her lips , nodding her head in the direction of the college buildings . |
| 30 | Birds took off in alarm from the rooftops . |