Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] she off [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Or drops her off at the beach house . ’ |
| 2 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
| 3 | If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu . |
| 4 | He glanced involuntarily at Jennifer Morgan who said she would make tea , which was what her mother preferred , and bore her off to the kitchen . |
| 5 | Here we 're on two till six and as the old man come and pick her up and drop her off at the bingo . |
| 6 | He had married her and he was going to stay married , and no nonsense about other women and buying her off with unexpected handouts . |
| 7 | She did not feel entirely at ease about this , and even went to consult the Careers Adviser in Cambridge , who gave her various leaflets , told her about trainee courses at the BBC , and sent her off for a two-day inspection of the Civil Service . |
| 8 | It must have been really strange for her , going to a new school all on her own , and a convent school at that , with nuns like great black crows floating down the corridors and carrying her off to chapel . |
| 9 | He had expected to sweep Rachel off her feet and carry her off to New Zealand with him on the next sailing , but he had reckoned without her Jewish father and mother , the new Zionism and Rachel herself . |
| 10 | But Pappy , who was always so willing to engage with her for hours and talk about school work or play chess , only patted her on the shoulder and fobbed her off with platitudes when the question of her mother came up . |
| 11 | Nah — we 'll give her something to make her feel like one of the Blessed , and ship her off to Heaven happy . |