Example sentences of "carry off [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this , many pet cats are carried off to the vet by exasperated owners for this type of ‘ convenience surgery ’ . |
| 2 | A bizarre by-product has been the recognition of various richly decorated fragments of the church in places as far afield as Barcelona , Venice , Aquileia , and even Vienna , presumably carried off to the West as loot after 1204 , by members of the Fourth Crusade who evidently had an eye for exotic sculpture . |
| 3 | At the hotel a tearful maid told the sailor pair the tragic news that Bessie had been carried off to the cholera hospital . |
| 4 | A SIX-day-old baby escaped with just scratches after being plucked from her father 's arms by a tornado and carried off into the night . |
| 5 | He then said ‘ God bless ! ’ to her , and was carried off into the night . |
| 6 | Of our initial 20 rather withered carnations , 18 were carried off into the distance by bewildered or gracious lasses . |
| 7 | ‘ For some mysterious reasons , which have never been discovered , she was seized and carried off in the dark , she knew not by whom . ’ |
| 8 | The following year his whole family was carried off by the plague , while in 1666 most of his remaining property was destroyed by the fire . |
| 9 | Owing to a rainfall of extraordinary violence , the stream overflowed at the pond , and a great volume of water , which would normally have been carried off by the stream , poured down a public street into the town and caused damage to the plaintiffs ' property . |
| 10 | The remains of the Polish K4 are carried off after the collision . |