Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This thought came into Charles 's already overcrowded mind , and he found himself looking off into the wings , whence the fatal shot had come . |
| 2 | The Jews were in exile after 586 BC and found themselves cut off from the temple . |
| 3 | But this morning , I must say , I found it quite offensive and it may well have been the urge to demonstrate just how foolish his insinuation had been that caused me to set off up the footpath . |
| 4 | I watched you make off along the cliff path , as if you were making for Otters ' Bay . |
| 5 | I saw George outside under the station lights and watched him set off towards the rear of the train . |
| 6 | After another mile or so , Ellwood saw them pull off into the gated driveway of a hotel . |
| 7 | And then Saturday , it meant they got off on the Sunday and the Monday , they got their long weekend you see , when they reached the Saturday . |
| 8 | Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally . |
| 9 | Taylor has been to Rome to talk to Gascoigne , whose last serious outing saw him carried off in the 1991 FA Cup final against Nottingham Forest with knee ligament damage . |
| 10 | A moment later , between the nut-trees , they saw him running off into the field . |
| 11 | With a sudden swift movement , he seized the shotgun with his left hand and sent it whirling off into the night after the pistol . |
| 12 | ‘ Why did you go off into the woods ? |
| 13 | Did you get off on the energy of that fantastic place ? |
| 14 | Did you get off on the energy of that fantastic place ? |
| 15 | Charity exchanged a few pleasantries , then , at a look from her mother , excused herself to go off to the kitchen , leaving Leonora alone with Mrs Vaughan . |
| 16 | Back in January Dallas performed what started off as the demolition and ended up in the annihilation of the Bills ' hopes of making it third time lucky at Superbowl . |
| 17 | I gave Owen 's parents the address of the Hyperactive Children 's Support Group ( HACSG ) and suggested they write off for the HACSG diet sheet ( based on the Feingold diet ) . |