Example sentences of "but [vb past] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Late in 1743 a messenger was sent to alert James in Rome , and at dawn on 9 January 1744 Charles left the Palazzo Muti in Rome with his brother Henry , who was to serve as a decoy , on the pretence of a hunting trip , but made off to the north , leaving Henry to send off to Rome presents of wild geese supposedly from Charles . |
| 2 | We do n't know in which direction , but made off from the scene . |
| 3 | Disappointingly , the policemen took no notice of the blood , but drove off in the direction the robbers had taken , with what result I can not say . |
| 4 | Moodie , suffering a bout of flu , kept up the momentum but eased off on the last lap with a minor suspension problem . |
| 5 | Harry Curwen , his friend and cycling companion , had a story that Father wanted to ride up a very long hill on one of their excursions but fell off near the top . |