Example sentences of "and [verb] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animal has been surveyed and laid off like a map ; and the men have been classified in over thirty specialties and twenty rates of pay , from 16 cents to 50 cents an hour . |
| 2 | ‘ This way , ’ she said firmly , and plunged off into a perfumery hall of gleaming marble , as lush as some Byzantine church . |
| 3 | Men , as he tried to pull himself to his feet , something big and heavy and square cannoned into him out of the dark and plunged off after the wizard . |
| 4 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 5 | It is still early and you can drive out towards Apt and branch off across the Lubéron . |
| 6 | But the US ( with the UK in tow ) shaped up for war with Iraq and steamed off to the Gulf to protect their own interests , saying that they were doing so on behalf of the whole world . |
| 7 | They raise them to shoulder level , and back off from the small crowd . |
| 8 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 9 | This is the beginning of the classic route to follow on a walking tour of Zurich , starting from the main railway station through the sophisticated poise of the Bahnhofstrasse and branching off for the Lindenhof . |
| 10 | I bundled him into the care and zoomed off to the nearby University Herbarium with a whole leaf of the plant . |
| 11 | He knows it , and drives off into the night licking his dollar lips . |
| 12 | If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't need the river — one look at you is enough ! ’ she declared , and stalked off into the trees . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll get undressed , ’ she muttered and stalked off behind a bush . |
| 15 | Then he spun on his heel and stalked off round the side of the cart . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | I have seen two crows gang up on a mallard with a brood of young , and , while one bird tormented the duck into chasing it , the other sneaked in and made off with a still struggling duckling in its beak . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ He just walked in , pushed her aside and made off with the handbag , ’ she claimed . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 22 | Nearly fifty years ago a posh , lanky young man packed his bags and made off into the undergrowth of England . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The police think that the prowler — that 's what they called him , not me — was disturbed and made off across the car park . ’ |
| 26 | Another rustle followed before a glossy blackbird hopped out and made off towards the parkland . |
| 27 | ‘ Poor old Corbett , ’ said Septimus Coffin , as Penny shoved the books into her briefcase and made off down the drive . |
| 28 | He turned , pale-faced , and made off down the corridor . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |