Example sentences of "off [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 RAM raiders smashed their way into Debenham 's in Middlesbrough , left sports clothes strewn across the road and made off with clothing worth over £2,000 , Teesside Crown Court heard .
32 They made off with hi-fi equipment , three cameras , two antique clocks , china and an anorak worth a total of £1,500 from a house at Easby .
33 They made off with hi-fi equipment , three cameras , two antique clocks , china and an anorak worth a total of £1,500 from a house at Easby .
34 The surplus leaf is then dusted off with cotton wool prior to burnishing .
35 Knit 1 row at T10 , cast off with figure-of-eight method .
36 Scottish bus users are clearly not regarded as a category of citizenry who must be bought off with window dressing of that type .
37 Now he 's off with wife Donna to see his lawyer Mike Gerson to check progress on the legal case being pursued under California 's worker 's compensation laws .
38 They coped with the pressure admirably , with central defenders Rogan and Ball , who was carried off with knee ligament damage early in the second half , outstanding .
39 We may be better off with health care contracts if money follows the patient as the government er intends it to do , but we just do n't know and that 's what we 're investigating at the present time .
40 she said if you started off with cereal porridge or something you could have perhaps two rounds of cheese on toast for your break
41 Aromatic thom yum hed ( £4.10 ) is a piquant hot and sour mushroom soup set off with lemon grass .
42 Passive wanking Vicky Hutchings marches off with Class War , and gets a big surprise
43 ELECTION WATCH Passive wanking Vicky Hutchings marches off with Class War , and gets a big surprise Saturday 4 April
44 As revealed in yesterday 's Echo exclusive , Elliott , stretchered off with cruciate ligament damage at Anfield two months ago , is ready to launch legal action even though he is optimistic of making a full recovery from the injury .
45 But yesterday as she prepared to jet off with contest organiser Julia Morley for the three-day visit she said she was very excited .
46 And i i i it 's , it 's a clear statement , at least to the cadres , that that moderate policy has now been abandoned and we are now off into land reform because this is what is happening anyway .
47 What with Windows World upon us , Unix System Laboratories Inc , possibly a victim of show envy , is branching off into show business .
48 What with Windows World upon us , Unix System Labs , possibly a victim of show envy , is branching off into show business .
49 Apologies for first effort that shot off into e-mail heaven without any obvious reason .
50 We are both pulling off into Polo Park , a large two-storey shopping mall which is our city 's pleasure palace of conspicuous consumption .
51 He keeps going off into cloud cuckoo land !
52 or county court warrants of execution , in which case he pays those off in date order .
53 At least 130 pandas died of starvation in the mid-70s when three species of bamboo died off in panda territory .
54 She starts off in chicken stuffer 's uniform as seen in Letter To Brezhnev and ends up in designer punk bondage dress and boxing boots .
55 TV Walker kicks off in soccer war
56 The neutrino normally given off in beta decay is a first-generation neutrino , and called an ‘ electron neutrino ’ .
57 It came out , shaking so that water spun off in silver spray .
58 Mr. Harry Payne captained the other side and , instead of a normal kick-off , the two gentlemen bullied off in hockey fashion , Mr. Gordon with a wooden-shafted golf club , his opponent with a cricket bat .
59 For a start , this will mean cars wo n't have to be driven into concrete blocks at 30mph , or be written off in seatbelt anchorage tests , saving the cost of at least two expensive prototypes .
60 Man 's legs torn off in car smash
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