Example sentences of "[vb past] off without a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankie arrived back by himself about an hour later and drove off without a word to anybody . |
| 2 | When James asked his brother Nicholas for-a turn on his new bike , Nicholas got off and helped James on to the bike — but his mother made no comment , and James rode off without a word of thanks . |
| 3 | The beleaguered club finished off without a ground , a reported £650,000 in debt and with only two registered players . |
| 4 | An inquiry is underway into how a tube train with passengers on board took off without a driver and travelled for a mile and through a station before being halted by an automatic signal . |
| 5 | He turned his horse at once and ambled off without a word . |
| 6 | He made it all seem easy , producing an excellent meal , and the lunch party at the Commanding Officer 's residence went off without a hitch . |
| 7 | The performance went off without a hitch and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra , with Dr Otto Klemperer conducting , played brilliantly . |
| 8 | In fact , the police force lacked access to any digital information and although the evacuation went off without a hitch there is little doubt that a GIS containing the Chinese postman algorithm could have provided efficient routes and also have guaranteed that no road was missed from the warning sweep . |
| 9 | Air New Zealand , creators and sponsors of the event , could easily adopt the motto ‘ To make dreams , come true ’ , for the Fifth Golden Oldies was about dreams and such was the organisation by Clarrie Anderson and his team that the whole week went off without a hitch . |
| 10 | After many doubts as to whether the event would go as planned , or if a significant number of aircraft would turn-up , the celebrations held over the weekend went off without a hitch and the whole town was enveloped in Norseman fever or Norsemania , as the local press called it . |
| 11 | Similar ceremonies throughout the county went off without a hitch because a strike threatened by the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education was called off . |
| 12 | During the United Nations International Women 's Year in 1975 , the Salvadorean government spent more time and much more money on ensuring that the Miss Universe beauty contest went off without a hitch , than on debating the issues of discrimination against women . |
| 13 | The Boozebuster went off without a hitch . |
| 14 | But the display went off without a hitch . |
| 15 | Before she could struggle to her feet , Diana neatly sidestepped her bruised stepmother and marched off without a word or a backward glance . |
| 16 | When she thought he had had enough , she put him down , and he ran off without a word . |