Example sentences of "made off [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not take it too seriously , but nonetheless he wheeled his pony and made off at speed , back towards the fringes of Clocaenog , where he had passed the last of the prince 's watch . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Thieves made off with property worth £5,760 from a Scarborough flat . |
| 6 | Froissart says that the English found ‘ plate and gold and silver belts and precious jewels in chests crammed full of them as well as excellent cloaks ’ , and the Black Prince made off with Ring John 's own jewels . |
| 7 | Whitby police are looking for thieves who preyed on an elderly woman living alone and made off with family heirlooms worth £15,000 . |
| 8 | The robbers then made off with cash and jewellery . |
| 9 | The attack went on for up to five minutes before the two attackers made off on foot . |
| 10 | Neighbours reported hearing up to eight shots before the gunmen made off on foot . |
| 11 | The king 's horses , finding their halters cut through , made off in terror . |