Example sentences of "he [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he plunged off into the Britches to check the nest-boxes . |
| 2 | He stalked off towards the camp 's edge where a huge band of his brothers waited . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you , now take your letter to Hay , then hurry home ! ’ he called as he rode off into the distance . |
| 4 | He rides off on the bicycle , my bicycle , which is too small for him . |
| 5 | Blanche thanked the man for his help and he loped off down the corridor , jangling his keys . |
| 6 | He got off at the next village and waddled away up a street with his bag of guavas . |
| 7 | Resolving to ‘ quit all my friends and tear myself away from my home ’ , he headed off along the North African coast in the direction of Mecca , driven onwards by what he described as ‘ an overmastering impulse from within' . |
| 8 | Guido simply winked back at her and told Silvia with a smile , as he headed off across the garden , ‘ Be sure to show her the games room while you 're at it . |
| 9 | He headed off in the direction of the kitchen , and she made a feeble effort to straighten her leg , wincing in pain . |
| 10 | With a look of resignation , he removed his hand , took his glass from Donal , and , that fascinating little indent beside his mouth once more in evidence , he moved off towards the beckoning Dolores . |
| 11 | He moved off along the shelves , reading as he went . |
| 12 | a talisman , a passport — and with Wood seeing them out onto the empty streets , he moved off through the cool , misty town , into Newlands Valley , over towards Buttermere , his heart hammering him on to get back to her before it was too late . |
| 13 | After what seemed an age , Rubber Feet moved off towards what they call the Lavatory Tower ( not what it sounds like ) , Leather Feet must have figured I 'd gone inside the Cath because he pattered off up the steps , which of course meant the end of all hopes of returning to my refuge via the Crypt . |
| 14 | Leaving Murti Lāl at the hut to guard the lambs , he wandered off into the mist , whistling to the sheep as he steered them up across the bare rock face to a higher plateau , where the ground was marshy and the grass coarse and wiry and spiked with reeds . |
| 15 | He wandered off into the shadow , his head tilted backwards . |
| 16 | For whole days he wandered off to the cafés and bars in a stand to assert his independence . |
| 17 | He wandered off round the room , looking at himself in the mirrors and pulling faces and laughing . |
| 18 | He strolled off to the surgery , Matey still fussing about him . |
| 19 | As he drove off down the street he saw the curtains of the front bedroom close . |
| 20 | And he said as he drove off down the road it went rattle rattle rattle rattle and there were these hole little holes in the side of his van . . |
| 21 | U-turning , he drove off in the direction of the distant city , without so much as another backward glance . |
| 22 | I stood at the front door of No. 5 , watching Dana straddle his bike , adjust his backpack and wave cheerily to me as he roared off down the road . |
| 23 | We know that Jack is full of himself as he shows off about the fact that he can sing the top C♯ in a scale , which is very impractical . |
| 24 | They gazed with a covetousness at the scarf around his throat , the socks under his boots , the pants he stripped off in the Bath house , wanted to hold and feel the texture of the garments of a stranger . |
| 25 | He raced off across the rubble . |
| 26 | The faint hope offered by Springfield 's diagnosis of Brett 's condition , lent wings to his heels as he raced off down the road towards the vehicles parked at the front gates under Fenton 's care . |
| 27 | Moore , he rocketed off to the very opposite of metaphysical extremes . |
| 28 | He walked off through the press of people now all but blocking the way to the door . |
| 29 | With a nod , and another terse look , he walked off down the corridor . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're not fucking likely to get that ! were Sid 's last words as he walked off in the direction of the latrine . |