Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] off down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Poor old Corbett , ’ said Septimus Coffin , as Penny shoved the books into her briefcase and made off down the drive . |
| 2 | He turned , pale-faced , and made off down the corridor . |
| 3 | However , the real action is when you jump into the cockpit and zoom off down the runway to strike a blow against the evil Quadaffi . |
| 4 | The Asian security man unlocked the door to the documentary department office and loped off down the corridor with a distracted smile on his face . |
| 5 | Mr. Decker grinned weakly , made a vague gesture with his hand and moved off down the aisle to buy an ice cream . |
| 6 | The other three turned and bolted off down the stairs . |
| 7 | ‘ I said , ‘ Get lost ’ , and pushed past him and staggered off down the corridor . |
| 8 | He checked that she was all right , then told her he 'd be back in a while and wandered off down the aisle . |
| 9 | Dorothea did not even mind when she lost her grip and wandered off down the avenues of the past , for sometimes she could accompany her , at any rate part of the way , and |
| 10 | Then she turned the car and drove off down the lane . |
| 11 | When the daylight drained from the winter sky , like steel growing cold , some of the humans got into their vehicles and drove off down the lane . |
| 12 | Here is Tufnell coming up again , bowls over and outside the off stump , and that one goes to Robin Smith , and he 's hit somewhere on the boot and ricochets off down the pitch . |
| 13 | You 're a fool , boy , ’ he said , and clumped off down the hall . |
| 14 | After a few minutes the Carabinieri vehicle revved up and screeched off down the road . |
| 15 | Iris stuck her fork in the earth and trundled off down the garden with her barrow while Melissa went indoors , reported her problem to the telephone engineers and wandered back to the kitchen . |
| 16 | He said good-night to his nurse and to the receptionist and walked off down the street , across Wigmore Street towards Henrietta Place . |
| 17 | I forgot eggs , ’ he called , and scampered off down the stairs to get some from an early dairy around the corner . |
| 18 | Alfred Hedgehog climbed up the bank of the canal and started off down the trail . |
| 19 | ‘ Cheap , Bridget , ’ he muttered over his shoulder , and strode off down the corridor , leaving Loretta and Bridget exchanging amused glances with each other . |
| 20 | I just stay there , squatting down and the woman gives me a funny look and tugs the little girl 's hand and they walk round me and go off down the road . |
| 21 | And nodding his head in agreement with that , Mr Wolski took his broom and went off down the path away from the Cages , for it saddened him more and more to see the eagles there . |
| 22 | Why had he not continued climbing over the gate , said good-night , and gone off down the hill ? |
| 23 | Sharpe slammed back his heels and took off down the road as if the demons of hell were at his heels . |
| 24 | Triumphant , he slammed the door and marched off down the corridor to his own cosy rooms , smugly requesting his domestic unit to prepare him a toasted sandwich and hot coffee . |
| 25 | When they land the young ones break lanes and stream off down the corridor , hustling for position . |
| 26 | One doctor was being driven home when he suddenly said : ‘ Stop the car and let me out ’ , at which he leapt out and ran off down the road into the dark . |
| 27 | He laughed , tucked the charango under his arm and ran off down the track . |
| 28 | I screamed and ran off down the street . |
| 29 | Blunset listened carefully , jotting down the odd note in his notebook and headed off down the corridor . |
| 30 | After quite a lot of persuasion and promises of chocolate bars , I finally got back into my canoe and headed off down the river to find my paddle and the rest of the group . |