Example sentences of "have [verb] off in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She woke , exclaiming that she must have dropped off in the heat . |
| 2 | Second , on any other night Hilda might have dozed off in the chair , but not after she 'd had a flaming row with Viola . ’ |
| 3 | You may have nodded off in the bus on your way to a dusty ruin where street-traders pestered you until you retired to the coach in a huff , but in print you will have enjoyed the delights of a ‘ bustling street market ’ , selling ‘ delightful local crafts ’ in the shadow of ‘ one of the forgotten wonders of the world ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ So the bomb must have gone off in the committee room . |
| 5 | It is a remote and inaccessible area and he would never have gone off in the dark . |
| 6 | I 'd have cast off in the Angharad to fetch you the minute I knew you were there ! ’ |
| 7 | I may have taken off in the wrong direction entirely . |