Example sentences of "and [vb pp] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you roll an arrow the Goblin Doom Diver has missed and veered off in the direction indicated by the arrow . |
| 2 | A SIX-day-old baby escaped with just scratches after being plucked from her father 's arms by a tornado and carried off into the night . |
| 3 | ‘ For some mysterious reasons , which have never been discovered , she was seized and carried off in the dark , she knew not by whom . ’ |
| 4 | He banged his hat on and stumped off through the courtyard , muttering , ‘ I 'll give her testify … ’ |
| 5 | Apparently he was n't touting for more Pest Control business , rather his tropical iguana had escaped and made off through the undergrowth . |
| 6 | At the last moment the hare sensed the danger and bounded off into the undergrowth . |
| 7 | Frantic parents continued to hassle and swear and at last the stoat grew tired and bounded off into the cover of a pine tree windbreak . |
| 8 | I shook my head , and she smiled and nodded and patted me on the shoulder and padded off to the kitchen . |
| 9 | But the stranger had already turned and walked off into the night , back along the towpath in the direction from which he 'd come . |
| 10 | It was well over a year since his sister had married Dunbar and gone off to the West Indies , where , according to her spasmodic letters , she was having ‘ an utterly marvellous ’ time . |
| 11 | Why had he not continued climbing over the gate , said good-night , and gone off down the hill ? |
| 12 | Or some pathetic tailor like Taplow being trapped in his little cage and taken off to the slaughter house . |
| 13 | ‘ Run , ’ Vitor instructed , and as Ashley obediently turned and headed off up the drive he sprinted beside her . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll wait , ’ I said , and headed off towards the postroom . |
| 15 | No stone rolled down the cliff that morning , and I left Euclid still snoozing on the old redwood step at about 10.50am and headed off over the bridge to Lighthouse Road , which runs along for two or three miles south of the river , through to the mouth of the Mattole and the northern tip of the King range . |
| 16 | The designer , Sandy Powell , has known Anderson since their first day at St Martin 's when they played truant and headed off to the pub after about 15 minutes . |
| 17 | Blunset listened carefully , jotting down the odd note in his notebook and headed off down the corridor . |
| 18 | After quite a lot of persuasion and promises of chocolate bars , I finally got back into my canoe and headed off down the river to find my paddle and the rest of the group . |
| 19 | When they had killed three sheep and roasted them in the middle of the street and ridden off with the rest of the flock , and the cattle and the horses and the hens , we buried the dead — we were at it for most of a day — and then we went off east into Arkaig . |