Example sentences of "off [prep] the other [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
| 2 | However , it soon pulled itself together and shot off in the other direction — no doubt grateful of the intervention which gave its release . |
| 3 | Nutty stopped Midnight and brought him into the centre and Nails thought he was going to get a rest , but she immediately sent him off in the other direction . |
| 4 | They had organized a decoy system whereby Carolyn drove Diana 's car to entice her press pursuers away and then Diana would emerge from Coleherne Court and walk off in the other direction . |
| 5 | The tramp tossed the empty cup away and shuffled off in the other direction . |
| 6 | Therefore , if a moth hears a bat approaching about 100 feet away , its best policy is to fly off in the other direction . |
| 7 | Edward Crumwallis did one of his characteristic swerves , and went abruptly off in the other direction . |
| 8 | But you do n't have to rush off to the other extreme . |
| 9 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
| 10 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |
| 11 | The mother was an unmarried girl by the name of Mercy Barnett , a whatever'sstreet trader 's daughter , ill used by a seaman who had made off to the other side of the world rather than face up to his responsibilities . |
| 12 | ‘ You take off to the other side of the world to get a clearer perspective on what 's happening here , right ? |
| 13 | Four steps backwards — another curtsey and off to the other side where officials put the medal in a box and took back the hook ! |
| 14 | So even University was n't completely on one side , and again the City was erm there was this sort of Puritan element that did n't like the King 's religious policies , erm there was this general feeling against the University which tended to put them off to the other side , but there are undoubtedly loyal citizens erm citizens loyal to the King . |
| 15 | I started at one corner and I went right across and came off at the other corner , and I did n't go back . |