Example sentences of "and make off [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | He dumped it down behind the boat-house and went back towards the house , then after a bit he came down again with a picture , and dumped that , then he took the bag and made off up the path with it . ’ |
2 | ‘ He just walked in , pushed her aside and made off with the handbag , ’ she claimed . |
3 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
4 | Nearly fifty years ago a posh , lanky young man packed his bags and made off into the undergrowth of England . |
5 | They battered us into the bushes , and made off into the forest with the cart and the team and the load , and left us to limp away on foot wherever we would . |
6 | We decided to forget about the third canister and made off across the cornfield at speed , the jeep bouncing up and down on the very uneven surface . |
7 | The police think that the prowler — that 's what they called him , not me — was disturbed and made off across the car park . ’ |
8 | Another rustle followed before a glossy blackbird hopped out and made off towards the parkland . |
9 | ‘ Poor old Corbett , ’ said Septimus Coffin , as Penny shoved the books into her briefcase and made off down the drive . |
10 | He turned , pale-faced , and made off down the corridor . |
11 | Mr Hutchinson managed to raise the alarm but the two men helped themselves to the cash and made off in the car driven by Wishart , of no fixed abode . |
12 | At the sound of gunfire the refugee ship turned away and made off round the southern counties and up towards Liverpool , where it was finally recognised as a friendly vessel . |
13 | Apparently he was n't touting for more Pest Control business , rather his tropical iguana had escaped and made off through the undergrowth . |
14 | There had also been recent newspaper reports of Bugis prahus putting into the atolls east of Celebes , burning the villages to the ground , and making off with the whole year 's harvest of copra the oil-bearing coconut husks — which was the inhabitants ' sole source of income . |