Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I switched off the music centre and strolled over to the window to take a last look at the night outside . |
| 2 | Then she tossed off a scornful laugh as she demanded haughtily , ‘ Why on earth should I be jealous of Doreen ? ’ |
| 3 | It takes them long enough to cut a way through to the chimney of the air shaft , sawing through the rhodie branches and tearing away the brambles and other undergrowth ; then they lever off the iron grating over the shaft without any difficulty , and one of the younger cops , in an overall and a hard hat , wraps the rope around himself — proper climbing rope they had in the back of one of the Range Rovers — and abseils down into the darkness . |
| 4 | Then he set off the expense of having a debtor arrested in this way , which failed to produce payment of the debt against the sums he recovered . |
| 5 | Hugh drove neatly into the straw-covered shelter as though he were coming to rest in a multi-storey car park ; then he switched off the engine and opened his door . |