Example sentences of "[vb past] off [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He staggered off towards a nearby Black Maria ( preferring , at this point , arrest to sudden death ) , jumped in the back and was greeted by one of the officers with the words ‘ fascist scum ’ and a ‘ boot in the face ’ . |
| 2 | As on previous years , the start of the event which has come to be known simply as ‘ the ARC ’ was emotional : 121 boats ranging in size from 30ft to 75ft. ( 9 to 23m ) headed off for a transatlantic crossing to St Lucia in the Caribbean . |
| 3 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
| 4 | Then the rider relaxed his legs , the horse moved off into a working trot , the rider rising so much at one with the animal that he in his turn appeared to be performing a piaffe . |
| 5 | The crowds who gathered on Alexanderplatz and then moved off on a winding trail through East Berlin were in any case convinced he was their man . |
| 6 | It branched off opposite a small village , a satellite of Reggane , almost where I had begun walking . |
| 7 | Caroline and the rest of the group , who were raising funds for the BBC 's annual children in Need appeal , stopped off at a Turkish restaurant during their tour of four restaurants in Aberdeen . |
| 8 | We stopped off at a few cafes on the way so that we could stretch our legs . |
| 9 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 10 | We drove off into a gentle January night . |
| 11 | Sean gathered up the reins and drove off at a smart pace . |
| 12 | She raised her hand as a dubious Herr Nordern forced the car into almost the right gear and drove off with a curious jerking motion , then turned and went into the Centre with a look on her face which boded ill for anyone who crossed her path that day . |
| 13 | He thought she meant she was going straight home and drove off with a sulky smile . |
| 14 | They drove off in a grey transit van which was found abandoned soon after the raid . |
| 15 | They drove off in a red Sierra XR 3 . |
| 16 | And he boobed when he sneaked off to an isolated toilet for a crafty fag — because his foreman was in the next cubicle . |
| 17 | She came off to a reasonable round . |
| 18 | By the time he came off to a huge ovation , Essex were dawdling along at 99-3 off 36 overs . |
| 19 | You could follow my example and hitchhike out of Miami airport , but only if you 're prepared to risk being picked up by a religious maniac , or dropped off in an impenetrable jungle of freeways close to the cocaine-dealing centre of America , or both . |
| 20 | As they set off to cross a bridge already cordoned off as a prohibited area , the police hurriedly re-formed in front of them . |
| 21 | As she started back to check if he was hurt , Dan scrambled back on his bike and cycled off with a final red faced look over his shoulder . |
| 22 | She was close to her home in Iona street when the man threatened her with a handgun , and then made off with a small sum of money . |
| 23 | The latest raid came on Thursday night when thieves made off with a substantial amount of money from the dispensing machine at Lloyds Bank in Skinnergate , Darlington . |
| 24 | Doreen Johnson , warden at the Dalkeith House old folks complex said villains who made off with a large whisky bottle filled with coins were the lowest of the low . |
| 25 | He made off with an undisclosed amount of cash . |
| 26 | The robbers described as Afro- Caribbean made off with an unspecified amount in cash and jewels . |
| 27 | She made off along a long marble-floored corridor . |
| 28 | A gunman fired more than 20 shots into the building , but as he made off in a stolen car , a soldier fired a single shot from an Army observation post on the top of a block of flats several hundred yards away . |
| 29 | The pair made off in a yellow car . |
| 30 | He made off in a W-registered Ford Cortina estate , stolen in Middlesbrough on May 11 . |