Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] off [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all this is the woman whose husband has just run off with Felicity Kendal . |
| 2 | The sales build-up reached Denmark and the UK in March and has now taken off in Spain , Portugal and Iceland . |
| 3 | The second has caused much confusion , some of it deliberate , which has plainly rubbed off on Mr Dalyell . |
| 4 | ‘ Why is it snooker has never taken off in America ? ’ |
| 5 | He was not available for comment , however , as he had just flown off to Australia . |
| 6 | But , indulging a passion more secret than her love for Italian painting , Molly had early gone off with Holmes and Watson in a cab through the pea-souper , or sat on the edge of her chair while Poirot summoned the guests to assemble in the library after tea . |
| 7 | ‘ My mother 's just gone off with Rupert Campbell-Black , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Fee-based activities such as fund management have also taken off in Singapore because of its strategic location in southeast Asia 's fast expanding financial markets . |