Example sentences of "running off [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When challenged by the head gardener the Americans pretended to be a press gang , which was sufficient to set ‘ all the stout young fellows ’ on the estate running off to the town for safety , but he also informed them that their intended victim was taking the waters at Buxton , and Jones set off back to his boat , until the two officers with him pointed out that , having left Whitehaven empty-handed , the crew should at least be allowed to loot the house . |
| 2 | ‘ I will look after Celia , ’ Liza replied , picking up the telephone , and the calm decisive way in which she handled the situation sent Edna running off up the lane with Bobby , without further demurrence . |
| 3 | I knew there was no time to lose and no point in hesitating — I was going to explode soon — so I put my head down and broke free from Jamie and the girl , running off down the street . |
| 4 | The dog he had raised from a pup went missing 31 days ago after running off on a country walk . |
| 5 | But the stepfather of the Idaho beauty objects to his daughter 's running off with a commentator . |
| 6 | ‘ My lady , you are n't thinking of running off with a pedlar ? ’ |
| 7 | Before running off with the dough the men beat my arms with pickaxe handles . |
| 8 | HE 'S been running off with the toilet rolls — and viewers ' affections — for 21 years . |
| 9 | 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 … ? |
| 10 | a pickpocket running off with the victim 's wallet and money . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The priest , understandably , flees ; the wife tells her husband that he is running off with the partridges , with the result that the husband pursues the priest brandishing his knife , apparently confirming what the wife told the priest . |
| 13 | That never used to be a fault of his , running off at the mouth . |
| 14 | ‘ First you try to kill yourself by running off into a blizzard , and now you risk life and limb because you ca n't even bring yourself to admit to me that you 've never skied in your life before . ’ |
| 15 | A moment later , between the nut-trees , they saw him running off into the field . |
| 16 | He went running off after the boy down the tunnel , dodging people and cannoning into others . |