Example sentences of "made off [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | after a swift , furtive glance at them , jumped the ditch on the other side of the lane and made off at a run over the fen . |
| 2 | Maggie was about to protest that talking to Roger and Luke did not qualify as lurking , but Roger made off with a bottle in each hand and Luke had vanished again . |
| 3 | Burglars made off with a Sekonda watch , a Panasonic television , a video recorder and a music centre worth £750 from a house in Humber Place , Darlington . |
| 4 | Burglars made off with a video recorder , CD player , cash , a television and other items worth a total of £1,370 from a house in Grange Road , Darlington , on Thursday . |
| 5 | They made off with a video recorder , music centre and jewellery from the property in Turker Lane . |
| 6 | Burglars made off with a video recorder , television , hifi , microwave and jewellery worth £2,439 from a house in Aviemore Court , Darlington . |
| 7 | Burglars made off with a video recorder , television , hifi , microwave and jewellery worth £2,439 from a house in Aviemore Court , Darlington . |
| 8 | Thieves made off with a microwave oven , £200 cash , a compact disc player , television and video recorder . |
| 9 | Burglars entered a house in Harrison Terrace , Darlington , on Saturday evening and made off with a man 's gold watch valued at £100 and two bottles of whisky . |
| 10 | Thieves made off with a stone lion worth £28 from a garden at Lovesome Hill , Northallerton . |
| 11 | A TOTALLY pointless crime happened last week in Milton Keynes when office thieves made off with a computer — that speaks only Japanese ! |
| 12 | They did not keep him long , however , and this time he made off with a companion and even had the nerve to work for three months on a French farm before starting a marathon trek across the entire length of France . |
| 13 | Thieves made off with a cot mattress , pram and potty she had bought for the baby . |
| 14 | Thieves made off with a television , video recorder , midi system , microwave oven , Vax cleaner , computer , 12 games and 20 CDs worth £1,960 from a house in Whorlton Moor Crescent , Darlington . |
| 15 | They made off with a television and a video recorder worth £550 . |
| 16 | The raiders made off in a car which had been reported stolen earlier . |