Example sentences of "would [verb] [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I was so needy at the time that I think I would have gone off with the first person who told me I was attractive and showed my affection . |
2 | Had it been a real train the sound would have faded off towards the west — away from the hostel instead , and we could now hear the engine as well ; it came towards the hostel over the non-existent harbour branch and clattered to a stop , perhaps at one of the wharves . |
3 | I would have to go off to the lavatory , come back and start the same scene with a variation . |
4 | The first would have slid off into the darkness . |
5 | If I had n't had the golf-bag on my shoulder , I would have taken off with the umbrella . |
6 | We do have sufficient data that a straightforward regime of thrombolysis and aspirin works , but I would advise holding off on the heparin until more data is available . |