Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily for us he was too overcome to offer us refreshment , so we said our farewells and got back into the jeep and drove off along the road leading to the village of Breville . |
| 2 | The car picked up speed and shot off into the distance . |
| 3 | But woe betide any minister who does not possess a country seat and sets off across the Channel to ‘ abroad ’ . |
| 4 | When a bream sucks a bait to its lips the unwanted material is taken into the mouth and filtered off through the gills . |
| 5 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 6 | Men , as he tried to pull himself to his feet , something big and heavy and square cannoned into him out of the dark and plunged off after the wizard . |
| 7 | Then she turned the car and drove off down the lane . |
| 8 | He made her as comfortable as possible on the back seat of the car and drove off into the night . |
| 9 | In the end , Anna borrowed Lady Vestey 's BMW car and drove off into the night , angry and humiliated at her very public snub . |
| 10 | He gave my passport to the Corporal who put it into his pocket , then we got into the car and drove off in the direction of Lille . |
| 11 | By the time we had driven to Port Eynon , the wind had really picked up but not easily deterred , we abandoned the car and set off towards the cliffs . |
| 12 | After she had washed and dressed in warm cord trousers , leather boots and a thick sweater , she this time took the precaution of collecting her anorak before going out to her car and driving off in the direction of Great Yarmouth . |
| 13 | I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe . |
| 14 | She lifted it over the fence and set off across the little meadow , gathering speed and thoroughly enjoying it . |
| 15 | Also , with healthy deciduous trees , the leaves all come with great show every Spring and die off in the Autumn — but more come each successive year cos the tree has grown a bit so the foliage is thicker , more complex in structure — until it dies of course . |
| 16 | These are again flakes that can be lifted out of dry gravel and float off on the surface of the water . |
| 17 | With an oath he struggled up , plucked the arrow from the crutch and stumbled off among the trees . |
| 18 | Within an hour Allan , Donald the smith , and the Logan brothers had set off down the strath to Weem with the petitions in a leather wallet , to add to the already thick bunch in James 's strong-box , and Cameron and James had got horses from a sympathizer in the village and rode off towards the narrow glen of Keltney . |
| 19 | Dorothea did not even mind when she lost her grip and wandered off down the avenues of the past , for sometimes she could accompany her , at any rate part of the way , and |
| 20 | We decided to forget about the third canister and made off across the cornfield at speed , the jeep bouncing up and down on the very uneven surface . |
| 21 | Not to mention every day of the week when you climb on that evil machine and ride off into the sunset ! ’ |
| 22 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 23 | He stood up , flexed his powerful shoulders and having pulled on a jerkin and breeches , went through to the kitchen , ate a hunk of fresh-baked bread and walked off down the steep narrow hill that led between stone cottages to Mother Russell 's alehouse , where the Pascoe girls earned their living . |
| 24 | She climbed onto the bike and set off in the direction from which she had come , gathering speed as she descended . |
| 25 | The interiors of a number of parish churches were similarly transformed as the Laudian bishops campaigned vigorously for the erection of altars positioned permanently at the east end of the chancel and railed off from the nave . |
| 26 | After quite a lot of persuasion and promises of chocolate bars , I finally got back into my canoe and headed off down the river to find my paddle and the rest of the group . |
| 27 | Sometimes a little block of five or six men would detach itself from the larger mass and drift off in the direction of the track . |
| 28 | Cara had attended the Dallam wedding mainly to annoy Miss Ernestine Baker and , having thoroughly annoyed her , had suddenly lost heart and walked off among the gravestones to contemplate what she was coming to recognize as the end of another rainbow . |
| 29 | ‘ Poor old Corbett , ’ said Septimus Coffin , as Penny shoved the books into her briefcase and made off down the drive . |
| 30 | He dropped a light kiss on her cheek and strode off across the empty square . |