Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb base] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they land the young ones break lanes and stream off down the corridor , hustling for position . |
| 2 | We watched the men bundle up their parachutes and move off through the dense undergrowth , chopping at it with jungle machetes . |
| 3 | The time-travellers manage to escape from the Aridians and take off in the TARDIS , but the Dalek time-ship is in hot pursuit . |
| 4 | It 's not only the alcohol that 's suffered from self-enforced cutbacks : the Franks ( ironically enough ) used to be a Martini band — any gig , any town , any night , they 'd pack their guitars and socks and head off into the Tranzophobic sunset , until exhaustion fully reared its head and the heart decided that home was definitely the place to be . |
| 5 | ‘ The Newquay crowd just pose in Beetles covered in stickers and show off to the dodgy girls hanging around on Fistral beach , ’ opines Adam , who claims he 'd only visit the town to compete . |