Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have told Gloria off too , for the very next day , Gloria said , ‘ You got to go off to the country , ducks , health visitor says . |
| 2 | Unfortunately my original Precision got ripped off in a place called Redondo Beach . |
| 3 | Bradshaw himself got picked off by a thirty-footer and lost his board . |
| 4 | Trouble yeah , trouble I got put off for a fortnight , on the dole , then he , I was on the dole for a week and er he cos at that time you had to appear in front of the erm , what they call the Court of Referees at the Labour Exchange , that was their Committee . |
| 5 | United got off to a flyer with Richard Hill giving them a lead after just eight minutes . |
| 6 | Pillars ran around the circular enclosure , and the myriad corridors all seemed to disappear off to an elaborate pattern . |
| 7 | She woke a short while later under the impression that she 'd dropped off at a cocktail party . |
| 8 | Because the fingers within her own warm hands ceased to flutter agitatedly , a brief smile flickering over the other girl 's pale face as she seemed to drift off into a more comfortable , easy sleep . |
| 9 | Other jobs they 'd pulled off over the years that we can nail them for . ’ |
| 10 | I mean , if he 'd gone off with a humped-back , three legged dwarf I would have felt pretty unattractive . |
| 11 | I 'll never even dare to be successful , because when I 'm dead some clod with a thesis to write will put me down as a wild-eyed harridan who jumped on her lover in the street and pulled all his hair out because he 'd gone off with a person with webbed feet . |
| 12 | It would n't be so bad if he 'd gone off with a beauty , but I 'm damned if I 'll form part of a collection which includes someone bandy . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She came for it soon after you 'd gone off to t' farm , ’ Aunt Nellie explained . |
| 14 | She said , do you know she said we 'd gone off to the woods and I suddenly remembered I 'd left my purse in the car . |
| 15 | Our reporter Clare Lafferty joined the crew of an RAF Hercules as they prepared to take off on a ’ Flight For Life ’ . |
| 16 | I sat in the road during a demonstration and got hauled off to the police station in Newbury . |
| 17 | I got told off by the ref — I was a bit wild then — and Ian began moaning as though he was crying . |
| 18 | Madge was attended by six little Burmese bridesmaids , who as soon as she arrived started off up the long aisle , and she followed with the kind friend at whose house she had spent the previous two nights and who ‘ gave her away ’ . |
| 19 | In we were fortunate in that the time of the introduction of L M S coincided with the all too brief period when this group was in control of the Council and as the window of opportunity opened to get off to a flying start |
| 20 | The cripple turned to make off into the undergrowth and as he did so there was a twang from Marian 's bow and one of his crutches spun from under him and he was down one-sidedly . |
| 21 | Removal of water through artesian wells is held to be the reason why the tower began going off at an angle soon after building work began in 1174 . |
| 22 | The excitement died away and the crowd began to drift off down the side streets . |
| 23 | However , this began to trail off towards the end of June due to outside distractions — Wimbledon tennis and International cricket . |
| 24 | ‘ … the idea of pedestrian/vehicle segregation began to take off in the 1950s and much of the pioneer work was done in the new towns . |
| 25 | The juggernaut started with a cough and splutter , was thrown into gear and began to move off down the narrow road . |
| 26 | He began to move off towards the castle . |
| 27 | Ca n't get enough of them , ’ interrupted Dexter with a broad smile , anxious to push the superintendent off her soapbox before she started to sound off about the worthlessness of most television . |
| 28 | Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction . |
| 29 | But once Pietro started sounding off to the press they had to stand by you to avoid charges of bowing to pressure . ’ |
| 30 | The vehicles started to move off to the washdown point and thence to the trains that would take them home . |