Example sentences of "they [was/were] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos it said they were off between the airport and where was it , Central |
| 2 | They were off on their seventeen years of Tristan and Isolde . |
| 3 | They were off on a collision course with the beaten snow , their equipment and one another . |
| 4 | Ed and Matthew stayed at Peter 's for only a week and then they were off on their own . |
| 5 | In fact they were off for most trials . |
| 6 | They were off to Hollywood ! |
| 7 | They looked both sly and exhilarated , as though they were off to some party that would end in tears . |
| 8 | They were off to the Nile to seek a new life , |
| 9 | Then they were off with a loud revving of the engine . |
| 10 | All through the week they gathered waiting for someone to pop his or her head round the entrance and shout that there was an audition , and they were off like a shot , their audition clothes naturally packed in a case by their table . |