Example sentences of "and run off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although at first it may prove excitable and run off around the garden , the puppy should soon return to you . |
| 2 | One doctor was being driven home when he suddenly said : ‘ Stop the car and let me out ’ , at which he leapt out and ran off down the road into the dark . |
| 3 | He laughed , tucked the charango under his arm and ran off down the track . |
| 4 | I screamed and ran off down the street . |
| 5 | It was hardly likely to be repeated in 1977 , when Niki returned to form with a vengeance and ran off with the championship by a huge margin , leaving Master James stranded in fifth place . |
| 6 | Then he became Treasurer of the fund to save St Erks church — and ran off with the £1000 in the appeal fund . |
| 7 | He eventually panicked and ran off as the boy screamed for help . |
| 8 | In terror , she lifted her skirts and ran off into the village , proclaiming loudly that ‘ the diel ’ was in Alloway kirk . |
| 9 | A mile down the road , he asked me to stop , jumped out and ran off into the darkness , leaving his knife behind . |
| 10 | Yet when he saw her the next day and attempted to speak to her she told him to leave her alone and ran off into the prop-room . |
| 11 | She invited him to cover it up with a paper bag but he snapped the band round the back of his head and ran off into the street , an elephant ramping above the collar of his jersey , his new trunk bobbing . |
| 12 | The boy snatched the note and ran off up the hill , shouting : ‘ Ol ’ man Boysey , ol' man Boysey ! ’ |
| 13 | Then he jumped off , grabbed Caspar who was trailing his lead , and ran off towards the gate . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's all I can tell you at the moment , ’ Mould smiled secretively and ran off in the direction of Mr Fractor 's classroom . |
| 15 | After a few moments she climbed down to the space station and ran off in the opposite direction to the shapechanger . |
| 16 | Nails said suddenly , ‘ Wait here , ’ and ran off round the corner . |
| 17 | A great urgency gripped Gabriel , who unlatched the gate and ran off round the barn to where the moor streamed towards him like downhill water . |