Example sentences of "had [verb] off with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pathology lab 288 had kicked off with the first of the parties , and everything had gone pretty well although nobody had wanted to touch the sandwiches . |
| 2 | The ‘ pomps who were n't dead had gone off with the preacherman . |
| 3 | She had confided this to Liz in a tearful moment , not long after Jonathan had run off with the Williams girl . |
| 4 | It was so obvious that he would n't have cared in the slightest if she really had run off with the professor . |
| 5 | It looked as if the builder had started off with the plans of a Tudor manor house , swapped them for an Early English cathedral in mid-storey , and then suffered a total loss of confidence and tried to convert it into a Dutch barn . |
| 6 | After the arrival in France of the advance reconnaissance party on 6 June 1944 , Major Fraser had taken off with the main recce party on 10 June . |
| 7 | Sure , my partner had taken off with the two-headed bankroll . |
| 8 | Yesterday , Darlington prospective Labour Parliamentary candidate Alan Milburn claimed his party 's lobbying of Durham County Council had paid off with the offer of extra places . |