Example sentences of "and off [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unique in that juniors come first , are welcomed at all times in and out of the club house , on and off of the courts and will never be turned off the courts by seniors . |
| 2 | Jane Postlethwaite went happily up the steps of the club house and off to the ladies ' room . |
| 3 | You signed up for tennis lessons ( out comes the shorty tennis skirt , a volley of wolf-whistles from the labourers outside , and off to the courts where the horrid male instructor drills you as if you 're in the Green Berets ) . |
| 4 | I was nearly run over in New Palace Yard after the vote by the surge of Jaguars roaring out of the carpark and off to the country for the weekend . |
| 5 | So it came about that there was a vacancy for a rigger in No 70 Squadron , Hinaidi , and off to the Canal Zone , Egypt , I sped to learn to fly . |
| 6 | Pass through the village , and off to the right you will find a farmyard with chickens pecking , ducks waddling and a couple of horses grazing peacefully . |
| 7 | The final event and off to the kart racing . |
| 8 | There is no need to leap straight out of bed and off to the doctor 's surgery to take advantage of the ‘ morning after ’ contraceptive pill . |
| 9 | arrested six of them all they found all bits and bobs off hundreds and hundreds and thousands of pounds worth of cars , and four wheel drives they specialise in and off to the continent with it . |
| 10 | With three blocks removed , it was just the right length for riding on at one end and off at the other . |
| 11 | He liked to do things spontaneously , be up and off on the spur of the moment . |
| 12 | It was 10.23 according to the Holiday Inn 's radio alarm clock , which flashed on and off on the bedside panel , redly . |
| 13 | Another engine change at Carlisle , No 37010 ex Cardiff Caerleon Depot and off down the WCML for the return trip - a long day , but after all the train took the strain ! |
| 14 | I hen , saying goodbye and wishing me well on my journey , she limped out of the house , down the steps and off down the drive . |
| 15 | Eventually , he was rewarded by the sight of Inspector Sammy Pike heading out of the library and off towards the gentlemen 's cloakroom . |
| 16 | That afternoon , while the same wind , now freshened , still blew across the island and off into the North Sea , Esmerelda and I went out as usual , and stopped off at the shed to pick up the dismantled kite . |
| 17 | No , ran down , you know , ran off into the ocean , ran into the rivers and off into the ocean , that way . |
| 18 | The barrier at the main gate is already open and the two vehicles shoot through and off into the darkness . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've seen him on and off over the years . ’ |
| 20 | And , backing this melodic chorus , we were aware of another noise — as we had been on and off throughout the day — the all-pervasive hum of the power station transformers . |
| 21 | I turn back and carry on looking in the window , but it 's hard to concentrate with this blue light flashing on and off in the glass . |
| 22 | Cell proliferation is constantly being turned on and off in the target organs . |