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Example sentences of "and [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The animal has been surveyed and laid off like a map ; and the men have been classified in over thirty specialties and twenty rates of pay , from 16 cents to 50 cents an hour .
2	The location of a builder 's work is continuously changing , and labour is frequently engaged at the commencement of a project and laid off upon completion .
3	‘ This way , ’ she said firmly , and plunged off into a perfumery hall of gleaming marble , as lush as some Byzantine church .
4	Men , as he tried to pull himself to his feet , something big and heavy and square cannoned into him out of the dark and plunged off after the wizard .
5	Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck .
6	Gilles Peyroulet is opening a new space on 16 January at 7 rue Debelleyme and kicks off with sculpture by Jurgen Albrecht , simple geometric forms of paper and card which reflect and absorb light .
7	WILLIAMS is arrested and led off at BELVILLE 's bidding . ]
8	It is still early and you can drive out towards Apt and branch off across the Lubéron .
9	TRANSFORMER 2 follow up their massive ‘ Pacific Symphony Too ’ club hit with ‘ Fruit Of Love ’ , already creating a stir and set to step out of the clubs and branch off into higher regions .
10	But the US ( with the UK in tow ) shaped up for war with Iraq and steamed off to the Gulf to protect their own interests , saying that they were doing so on behalf of the whole world .
11	Ring up a dealer and sell off at least two-thirds of your filing cabinets .
12	They raise them to shoulder level , and back off from the small crowd .
13	So it 's often sheer neglect on the part of the home owner that allows the thief to gain entry , and make off with your treasured possessions .
14	They 're cheeky enough to approach a picnic party for scraps of food , then snatch a teaspoon and make off with it . ’
15	They are generally broadcast with rape in midsummer as a nurse crop for a grass ley , and grazed off before Christmas for fattening lambs .
16	He arrives spot on time , is introduced in 15 words and goes off at high speed .
17	Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet , clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations .
18	Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset .
19	This is the beginning of the classic route to follow on a walking tour of Zurich , starting from the main railway station through the sophisticated poise of the Bahnhofstrasse and branching off for the Lindenhof .
20	I bundled him into the care and zoomed off to the nearby University Herbarium with a whole leaf of the plant .
21	He knows it , and drives off into the night licking his dollar lips .
22	If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal .
23	‘ I do n't need the river — one look at you is enough ! ’ she declared , and stalked off into the trees .
24	The bearded Hearthware nodded , and stalked off with his younger companions in tow .
25	‘ I 'll get undressed , ’ she muttered and stalked off behind a bush .
26	Then he spun on his heel and stalked off round the side of the cart .
27	Perhaps the unsuccessful divisions can be packaged and sold off to someone who believes they can be made to work .
28	Now they are to be scrapped and sold off as scrap metal .
29	He dumped it down behind the boat-house and went back towards the house , then after a bit he came down again with a picture , and dumped that , then he took the bag and made off up the path with it . ’
30	As though this were not enough , a gang of Ugandan footpads then raided the homes of the newly-arrived British police training mission and made off with their video machines — plus their training tapes for the local police on how to prevent burglaries .