Example sentences of "[vb past] off at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He loaded farmhands , ladders , rope and planks into a small lorry , and drove off at top speed towards Windmill Hill , Angela in the seat beside him . |
| 2 | One beltless man , in an official car , signalled to turn right into the car park , saw our photographer , abruptly changed his mind and drove off at high speed down the street . |
| 3 | Anyway , she drove off at high speed , ignoring all senso unicos , and finally crashed into a bollard by the ospedale . |
| 4 | As other police cars arrived at the scene the two men raced across the central reservation and drove off at high speed to be chased later by PC Whitehouse and WPC Larkin . |
| 5 | It came off at one stage . |
| 6 | Twice I came off at that spot . |
| 7 | Flu victims Steve Gaughan , who was absent from Tuesday 's disastrous defeat by Reading , and Garry Hinchley , who played but came off at half time , are slowly recovering , and should be ready for consideration . |
| 8 | Almost before you can see what has come up out of the hold the fish is loaded on the barrow and trundled off at breakneck speed , followed by the small boys and the cats . |
| 9 | I crawled out into the alley and it was one of those blind alleys , y'know , blocked off at one end , so I had no way out . |
| 10 | Breeze , who was reading the letter aloud — it was addressed jointly to Gay and herself — broke off at this point and frowned . |
| 11 | so it just shows you , it started off at one pound twenty on the meter that was |
| 12 | Rogers and Lambert took off at first light to see what was happening . |
| 13 | He appeared to be asleep but when he saw officers he took off at high speed . |
| 14 | The birds went off at noisy full-throttle , right through a herd of deer which had been grazing quietly till then . |
| 15 | When the weights had started to slip she dismounted to adjust them , and the horse shot off at great speed . |