Example sentences of "and [art] [noun sg] [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I can and said pull that fucking door closed and the knob came off in her fucking hand , she spun round |
| 2 | But there is nobody below decks ; the engine-room was never installed , and the rudder broke off centuries ago . |
| 3 | The lights changed and the truck pulled off with Chase trying to keep his balance and looking thoroughly bemused . |
| 4 | And the child storms off in fury because you do n't understand , and because this activity you billed as ‘ fun ’ has suddenly ceased to be any fun at all . |
| 5 | The first stage is the premoral stage and the child starts off obeying to avoid punishment , and then moves onto obeying because it understands why it should . |
| 6 | This was later named South Vein and the level driven off along it in both directions was often referred to as South Vein Day Level . |
| 7 | She sighed as she switched on the ignition and the Glory moved off . |
| 8 | Petrol should only be carried in metal or specially-made plastic containers , and the vapour given off under normal temperatures is very flammable . |
| 9 | Traction alopecia is caused by tightly pulled pony-tails , braids and chignons ; friction alopecia occurs when hair bands , wigs or hats are too tight and the hair breaks off . |
| 10 | You simply undo two screws at the front and the top slides off to reveal an 8-bit Soundblaster card , tucked into one of the three 16-bit expansion slots . |
| 11 | Athelstan slipped him a penny , patted him lightly on the head , and the boy scampered off . |
| 12 | He was preferred there to John Ebbrell who played in an unfamiliar left-sided role and the ploy paid off . |
| 13 | The mother and baby escaped uninjured and the gang ran off . |
| 14 | Fucking lights flashing and the alarm going off . |
| 15 | Astra 's former chairman , Gerald James , alleged in this column earlier this year that he and most of his fellow directors had been victimised and the firm sold off to protect dark secrets about arms for Iraq and a cosy monopoly relationship between British Aerospace and the Ministry of Defence . |
| 16 | But the putt slid past and the gallery headed off to witness the Salver 's first four-way decider and the emergence of a new force in Hants golf . |
| 17 | If the female is of a different species , she emits a buzz and the male flies off to try his luck elsewhere . |
| 18 | Earl Siward snapped his fingers , and the man darted off . |
| 19 | He looks and the bear 's hanging off it at the side , grrr ! on the window and the man goes aargh ! and the man runs off and he gets on he gets on an aeroplane the aeroplane and he 's safe . |
| 20 | But when he saw us running towards him , he shouted something to the driver , and the taxi drove off quickly down the road . |
| 21 | Sparsity and the necessity to back off is less of a problem for a model based on part of speech transitions . |
| 22 | The driver flicked his whip , and the cab moved off . |
| 23 | Originally , the Middlesbrough man 's death was treated as suspicious and the pub sealed off as police questioned teatime drinkers . |
| 24 | Sadly , the commission has not yet the skill and the reputation to pull off such successes . |
| 25 | The clash shook her , and the spike snapped off . |
| 26 | Here , the length will have to be marked on the last piece when it is in position and the excess cut off with a hacksaw . |
| 27 | Honest prose defeats dissembling verse , and the braggart goes off to be a thief . |
| 28 | Dessie Loughrey 's long throw was flicked on by Robert Ritchie and the ball deflected off Comrades centre half Dean Gordon and went in off a post . |
| 29 | I swung the club again and the ball shot off much as one had always imagined bats flee hell . |
| 30 | Neil Williams ( see the September issue ) was flying it for him and , the initial tests complete and the aeroplane signed off by Mike Searle , Spencer was ready for his first sortie . |