Example sentences of "running [adv prt] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before running off with the dough the men beat my arms with pickaxe handles . |
| 2 | HE 'S been running off with the toilet rolls — and viewers ' affections — for 21 years . |
| 3 | 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 … ? |
| 4 | a pickpocket running off with the victim 's wallet and money . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I was wounded to death and dying on my knees , scrabbling in dead grass , my time running out with the moonlight , the shadows closing in . |