Example sentences of "his [noun pl] and [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the war he sold his interest in his galleries and went off to war ; following this six-year closure he reopened the Hans Road gallery but decided not to reopen the American galleries ; it was hard enough to get the good material for one shop . |
| 2 | Sharpe slammed back his heels and took off down the road as if the demons of hell were at his heels . |
| 3 | Moral victory there for Lawrence who very smartly , it 's good to see , oldies pull through , turns on his heels and sets off back again in search of his mark . |
| 4 | He shrugged his shoulders and went off leaving me to ponder what he had said . |
| 5 | After a few moments ' silence Kopyion shrugged his shoulders and walked off , down the stairs . |
| 6 | Taskopruzade and Mecdi assign this event to the reign of Bayezid I ( 1389–1402 ) , saying that as a result of a quarrel between Molla Fenari and that sultan , the former abandoned his posts and went off to Karaman where the emir gave him a salary of 1,000 akce a day and each of his pupils 500 akce a day . |
| 7 | He put his hands in his pockets and walked off . |
| 8 | He got to his feet and brushed off his trousers . |
| 9 | Waggoner quietly got to his feet and walked off down the 17th . |
| 10 | Then he scrambled to his feet and hared off between the trees . |
| 11 | The priest staggered to his feet and waddled off with an air of drunken disdain . |
| 12 | The dry bracken crackled beneath his feet and gave off a pungent aroma . |
| 13 | While the creature sought height for another sweep Hrun scrambled to his feet and set off at a dead run for the woods at the edge of the arena . |
| 14 | Next day they left Seton to his problems and set off northwards up the coast for Dunbar , thirty miles . |
| 15 | Nearly fifty years ago a posh , lanky young man packed his bags and made off into the undergrowth of England . |
| 16 | He 'd had time to wash his hands and take off his rubber gloves and apron . |
| 17 | The Doctor spent several minutes inspecting his hat , turning it over in his hands and picking off specks of dust . |
| 18 | There 's this youth , an actor would n't you know ? , marching about Chelsea with his soldiers and showing off no end . ’ |
| 19 | Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again . |
| 20 | She simply got up , scrambled some old jeans on , pinched one of his shirts and went off on her bike . |