Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I screamed at him as I ran off through the woods . |
| 2 | As I drift off into the aisle , I see Lil gliding back towards our stand , escorting a pair of avenging angels . |
| 3 | I was thoughtful as I headed off in the opposite direction . |
| 4 | I remember thinking how white and cold and still her face looked , without the breeze of thought or sentience , as I stumbled off to the tumult of the ramp . |
| 5 | If you do , make a third column and ask the LH to say the first and second words in the " different " column , then the first and third , etc. , as you tick off in the third column the ones that are now different from the new no. 1 . |
| 6 | Ashley nodded , and , as she went off into the kitchen , Vitor took the little boy to collect his present . |
| 7 | Pete stood with the clipboard under his arm and his hands in his pockets , watching the dust behind her Toyota as she sped off down the service road . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'll be having a quiet family supper at around seven o'clock , and you 'll be able to tuck the twins up in bed after that , OK ? ’ she added , brushing away their thanks as she bustled off towards the large ranch house . |
| 9 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
| 10 | This time Sausage accompanied her , and as she set off with the the two small boys and their three dogs , Korah , Dathan and Abiram , she reflected that they must look rather like a circus . |
| 11 | She was aware that he stood watching her as she set off towards the exit . |
| 12 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
| 13 | As she stalks off into the night . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll leave you with young Hot-to-Trotsky here , then , ’ Clare says , patting Yvonne on the shoulder and winking at me as she sidles off through the cheering crowd . |
| 15 | As she moved off with the other mounted followers , Artemis determined that if her father thought it was time for her to stop riding ponies and learn to hunt on a horse , then so be it . |
| 16 | As we walked off towards the car park , a woman 's voice shouted my name . |
| 17 | There was nothing more to see in Main Street except the eternal fascination of boats bobbing in water as we set off past the ship 's chandler — and behind , as casually as an oak or a beech tree in England , dozens of the orange trees which had given the town of Anani its name . |
| 18 | My rose-growing Surrey headmaster ( by now retired ) came to Banbury for a weekend , and as we drove off to the Cotswolds he tried to persuade me that the implication of all this was that secondary schools would no longer be a worthwhile place for teachers with academic interests : all the good work would hereafter be done within an inflated system of higher education . |
| 19 | As soon as we cast off from the boathouse Dennis started poling downstream like a maniac . |
| 20 | The October sun dipped into the Atlantic , silhouetting the Paps of Jura as we shoved off into the sound toward Harry 's Island . |
| 21 | " I do hope we see some good views of puffins , " said Jane as we moved off from the mooring . |
| 22 | ‘ Are you completely devoid of any kind of common sense ? ’ he rasped as they roared off down the road . |
| 23 | Now I 'm stuck , she thought in panic , as they sped off towards the horizon . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought you were n't jealous and possessive ! ’ she said shakingly as they drove off into the traffic . |
| 25 | As they drove off behind the Ford , he said , ‘ It all happened , Mum . ’ |
| 26 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 27 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 28 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 29 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 30 | Then the line of vehicles pulled away one by one , forming a loose convoy as they moved off along the deserted main street , heading for the edge of town . |