Example sentences of "run off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was heartfelt and deep , but Theo should not run off with the idea that it was all laughter and light and the cooing of turtle doves . |
| 2 | ‘ We can often run off with the hounds following us , ’ explained marketing manager Peter Thornton , 33 . |
| 3 | ‘ When I could n't find you I thought maybe you 'd run off with the professor . ’ |
| 4 | I should think so cos you could run off with the machine . |
| 5 | In those days before the National Health Service , one did not run off to the doctor except in real emergencies ; but , at this juncture , my mother , noticing that I showed unusual signs of debility , urged me to seek medical advice . |
| 6 | As a result , more than three-quarters of its considerable rainfall does not easily run off to the sea . |
| 7 | Deport Peter Schmichael for having an out of date work permit , let Scumtona and Hughes run off to the Cayman Islands for a peaceful life together , Ryans potty training to let him down at home games as well as away , Lee Sharpe to OD on E and think he 's playing for the best team in the country . |
| 8 | I 'd parked Armstrong around the side of Sedgeley House in one of the diagonal streets that run off to the Edgware Road . |
| 9 | Run off with the milkman , disowned Billy , got religion ; but I did n't think so . |
| 10 | Hilda Hewitt had copies of two posters run off on the Office photo-copier . |
| 11 | Hilda Hewitt had copies of two posters run off on the Office photo-copier . |
| 12 | There were plenty of Garda around , and there ought to have been plenty more , as I saw a group of wild children steal chocolates from a shop and then run off down the road . |
| 13 | Although at first it may prove excitable and run off around the garden , the puppy should soon return to you . |
| 14 | Had too many good notions run off in the night |
| 15 | These are working copies of plans , run off from the DNA masters held in the cell 's precious archives . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll give it her back , ’ said Lee , running off to the far side of the orchard . |
| 17 | When challenged by the head gardener the Americans pretended to be a press gang , which was sufficient to set ‘ all the stout young fellows ’ on the estate running off to the town for safety , but he also informed them that their intended victim was taking the waters at Buxton , and Jones set off back to his boat , until the two officers with him pointed out that , having left Whitehaven empty-handed , the crew should at least be allowed to loot the house . |
| 18 | ‘ I will look after Celia , ’ Liza replied , picking up the telephone , and the calm decisive way in which she handled the situation sent Edna running off up the lane with Bobby , without further demurrence . |
| 19 | I knew there was no time to lose and no point in hesitating — I was going to explode soon — so I put my head down and broke free from Jamie and the girl , running off down the street . |
| 20 | Afterwards I have to go to the Headmaster and explain to him that running off with the papermate was all a joke and could I help it if people had no sense of humour … ? |
| 21 | Before running off with the dough the men beat my arms with pickaxe handles . |
| 22 | a pickpocket running off with the victim 's wallet and money . |
| 23 | HE 'S been running off with the toilet rolls — and viewers ' affections — for 21 years . |
| 24 | Now family reasons can be anything from baby 's colic to a wife running off with the milkman , and there is no arguing with them , because it is indelicate to inquire further , and potentially embarrassing to boot . |
| 25 | The priest , understandably , flees ; the wife tells her husband that he is running off with the partridges , with the result that the husband pursues the priest brandishing his knife , apparently confirming what the wife told the priest . |
| 26 | That never used to be a fault of his , running off at the mouth . |
| 27 | A moment later , between the nut-trees , they saw him running off into the field . |
| 28 | He went running off after the boy down the tunnel , dodging people and cannoning into others . |
| 29 | He really gets steamed up if they 're left open , you 'd think somebody was going to run off with the timber mill . ’ |
| 30 | When the mashing has absorbed the maximum amount of sugar , the liquid — now known as wort — is run off through the slotted base of the vessel . |