Example sentences of "and [verb] off with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He just walked in , pushed her aside and made off with the handbag , ’ she claimed . |
| 2 | DAZZLING Diana stepped into her husband 's shoes last night … and walked off with the glory . |
| 3 | ‘ All right , forget the bloody bodyguards , ’ he snapped , and strode off with the Brigade Major and two other Officers in the direction of the proposed saluting base , which lay about half-way along our route . |
| 4 | It was hardly likely to be repeated in 1977 , when Niki returned to form with a vengeance and ran off with the championship by a huge margin , leaving Master James stranded in fifth place . |
| 5 | When they had killed three sheep and roasted them in the middle of the street and ridden off with the rest of the flock , and the cattle and the horses and the hens , we buried the dead — we were at it for most of a day — and then we went off east into Arkaig . |