Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the land which stretches back to Rockhill Farm from Swingswang on the opposite side of that road is all part and parcel of the County Council smallholdings , and only two fields away they sold off a piece of land a few years ago which has now been developed on to the frontage of the Banbury Road , which is in fact the Cromwell Business Park . |
| 2 | The headlights , in their blackout cowls , threw about as much light as a candle , and finally they went off the road . |
| 3 | Social security were paying my bills for me , but the more they paid the more they took off me . |
| 4 | Margaret panicked , she 'd got the wrong number , the wrong place , the wrong advertisement , why did n't they get off the line , why did n't they leave her — |
| 5 | They took an alley which doubled back the way they had come and then they branched off it . |
| 6 | And they er adopted a scheme last year when they cut off part of the high street from traffic . |
| 7 | ‘ What did the auditors think they were doing when they signed off the accounts ? ’ asked one shareholder , while another accused TR of acting more like ‘ the directors ' poodle ’ than the shareholders ' watchdog . |
| 8 | They 'd dived , you see , but eventually they had to surface — the air must 've been getting bad — and up they came , drew nearly alongside a German destroyer the pack had left behind when they called off the hunt , waiting there , just in case Taureg surfaced . |