Example sentences of "he [verb] off with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not keep him long , however , and this time he made off with a companion and even had the nerve to work for three months on a French farm before starting a marathon trek across the entire length of France . |
| 2 | He made off with an undisclosed amount of cash . |
| 3 | Erm , one thing some people do know that are in this room , and others do n't , and he 's quite embarrassed about this , on the way home from the conference , Matthew and I had a very , very bad accident , on the motorway and we 're both very , very lucky to have survived actually , erm , but erm , unfortunately during the course , well after the accident , Matthew was breathalysed and found to be over the limit and he 's in court actually in the Birmingham area on the twenty second of February , and we 're hoping that he gets off with a very light sentence , but er , we 're both very , very lucky to be here today . |
| 4 | I know I should have told you but … ’ he trailed off with a shrug and stared dejectedly at his feet . |
| 5 | And if they throw me out … ’ he trailed off with a shrug . |
| 6 | ‘ How many more of you are- ’ he broke off with a stifled gasp as a hand clutched the skin exposed at the side of his neck by his wide and unbuttoned collar , and he folded to the ground . |
| 7 | I 'm not totally without feelings — ’ Then he broke off with a frown and added , ‘ Though , as the most obnoxious specimen you 've ever met in your entire life , I ca n't expect you to believe that . ’ |
| 8 | He discovered from Nicholson senior that Nails rarely slept at home and from Nails 's classmates that he went off with a woman on a motor-bike at four o'clock everyday . |
| 9 | He went off with a medium spring to his step and I saw him later with his arms round Donna 's shoulders , which was n't ( as far as I knew ) in his script . |
| 10 | He went off with a list of ideas , and was later observed totally engrossed , having covered two sides of A4 . |
| 11 | ‘ He went off with a lexicographer with cross-eyes and knock-knees and webbed feet — a duck . ’ |
| 12 | He went off with a lovely bang . ’ |
| 13 | He dozed off with the familiar , soothing noise of Firelight 's hay-chomping over his head . |
| 14 | He kicked off with a very comfortable success in Division One of the Restricted on Jim Papworth 's Melton Park , who made light of his 7lb. penalty in his fourth victory of the season , and followed up in Division Two on Paylins . |
| 15 | Then he ran off with the wire , not out of the gate , but round to the front of the house . |
| 16 | Lardner was called ‘ the Tyrant ’ by his contributors ; he was an Irishman , who created a sensation when he ran off with the wife of an army officer . |
| 17 | His grey hat , which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached , was set at a jaunty angle . |
| 18 | From there he set off with a caravan of mules on a journey of some eight hundred miles to Nairobi . |
| 19 | He backed off with a satisfied twist of his mouth . |