Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In 1914 the art schools had all but atrophied ; the models had gone off to the munitions factories , and students had been replaced by retired businessmen seeking distraction from their troubles . |
| 3 | Amateurs wanted to get off to the country for the weekend rather than performing for the benefit of playing spectators . |
| 4 | Many unattached skis went sliding off down the hill at incredible speed . |
| 5 | Then I told him that my friends had gone off in the wrong direction and that I was willing to pay the owner of the moped for taking a message to them . |
| 6 | Rockets continued to go off outside the building . |
| 7 | The vehicles started to move off to the washdown point and thence to the trains that would take them home . |
| 8 | The women and children had gone off to the caves — , ‘ Did you not fight ? ’ |
| 9 | Eventually , when the howling had subsided and the jackals had sloped off to the forest , the dogs would come back in , or they 'd wander off into the frosty night and not return until morning . |
| 10 | True , the crab-men had begun to take an unhealthy interest in him once his companions had rushed off after the Harlequin man . |
| 11 | Tal and the Zodiac Twins had moved off along the quay , between the piles of crates and drums , out of sight . |