Example sentences of "and [noun prp] had [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow I was in the boat , and Neil had cast off and was edging her out from the jetty . |
| 2 | It was Monday and Christopher had driven off early . |
| 3 | It was only when everyone was thinking of bed and Jean and Tina had gone off to give their respective babies their last feeds and Hilda was in the kitchen clearing the last of the dishes , that Bruce said , ‘ Would anyone like a nightcap ? ’ |
| 4 | The nearest town was some distance away and Alain had driven off in the car . |
| 5 | Smith told police he thought the girls had already jumped from the bay when he , Harper and Winter had run off . |
| 6 | He and Pam had taken off on the very day the fair ended — a fact that did not go unnoticed by the locals . |
| 7 | Barak waited until Laidlaw and Graham had driven off then got into his own car and drove straight to a white , Spanish-styled mansion on the outskirts of the city , overlooking the sea . |
| 8 | Dexter had snatched them from the canteen just before he and Blanche had set off . |
| 9 | Even before Tasker and Boardman had set off on their last attempt Bonington and Adrian Gordon — the base camp manager — decided that they would go up the mountain to help with the descent from the North Col , concerned that if Tasker and Boardman reached the summit by the long ridge above the pinnacles , they would be close to collapse on their descent . |
| 10 | Through it the legions of Claudius and Nero had set off on their march along Watling Street nearly two thousand years ago . |
| 11 | Half an hour later Seawitch was anchored , the engine was silent , and Nathan had switched off the bow , stern , and masthead lights . |
| 12 | And Daphne had to lay off because of her period . |
| 13 | The jury has heard that after Magee and O'Brien had driven off , they were chased by PC Whitehouse and WPC Larkin . |