Example sentences of "had [vb pp] off in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anybody asked , she could say she 'd come back for her shoe that had fallen off in the stumbling mess of wrecked furniture . |
| 2 | He had dozed off in the first act , but always does after luncheon wherever he is , he explained . |
| 3 | More or less deliberately , what Lord Robert Cecil had pulled off in the peace Ballot was an irresistible fusion of pacifism and patriotism . |
| 4 | The nearest town was some distance away and Alain had driven off in the car . |
| 5 | Then I told him that my friends had gone off in the wrong direction and that I was willing to pay the owner of the moped for taking a message to them . |
| 6 | The 1991 world champion , impressive during the 5–3 quarter-final success over James Wattana on Thursday , picked up where he had left off in the opening frame . |
| 7 | Then we went in to Hamish and Tone 's for tea and apologies , and later drove to the castle for what would have been the most excruciating interval of my life if Verity and Lewis had still been there , but they were n't ; they had taken off in the car to visit some friends of Verity 's who lived in Ardnamurchan , and would n't be back until late tomorrow at the earliest . |