Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On CEEFAX and TELETEXT it implied that Cuntona got off with the rap . |
| 2 | Montgomerie got off on the wrong foot by commencing with a trio of bogeys , making mistakes throughout the bag before settling down to birdie the fifth and sixth and reach the turn in 38 . |
| 3 | The two mums smiled at each other as Stuart and Linda raced off down the aisle . |
| 4 | Josh shuffled off down the lip of the basin still sieving the water . |
| 5 | There is a kind of insularity at Lochranza cut off from the Corrie side by the great glens and hills of Sannox and on the other side by the long wild uninhabited coastal stretch to Catacol . |
| 6 | Bernice rushed off into the smoke . |
| 7 | Gyggle started off with the most sophisticated of these , the symbol and colour cards , but was soon reduced to getting me to try and guess — and a guess is all I could make — which of three paper cups had a ping-pong ball under it . |
| 8 | Taking a hint from the fame and antiquity of Egyptian flax working , Roberts went off to the banks of the Nile to study the Temple of Karnak , and came back to build Mr Marshall a factory in like fashion , which soon became known , naturally enough , as the Temple Mill . |
| 9 | She could also have told this was Tina 's mother before Mrs Darne went off down the passage that led to the Headmaster 's Flat . |
| 10 | Camus sets off into the night . |
| 11 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |
| 12 | As the Renault set off down the drive , Vitor placed an arm around Ashley 's shoulders . |
| 13 | ‘ A thousand acres of good farmland was taken , thirty families evacuated leaving the nine families in Sesslagh and fifteen families of Farnsagh lopped off from the rest of the world . |
| 14 | So Cornelius crept off to the bathroom , performed fastidious ablutions , togged up in the vile pyjamas and returned to the bedroom . |
| 15 | Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy . |
| 16 | Cornelius stopped off at the telephone box to call Mr Yarrow at his home . |
| 17 | In keeping with the book 's leitmotif , however , let's ignore all that and focus instead on the rich images of Lamb in shock at the lunch interval after weathering 22 bouncers among the preceding 24 balls ; of Dexter losing interest after fielding all day in 90 degrees at Karachi ; of the normally taciturn Peter May sounding off about the regime which followed him as chairman of selectors ; of the ‘ terror of spin ’ and the West Indian ‘ throat-theory ’ reign of terror , attributed in part to the meatiness of their backsides . |
| 18 | This kept her in Scotland cut off from the son of her first marriage and the daughter of the second in France , both of whom she clearly loved . |
| 19 | Sebastian cut off in the glory and promise of his youth , with all the world before him . |
| 20 | It is a smart little tag , conjuring up images of Monie bootling off to the library . |
| 21 | ‘ I will look after Celia , ’ Liza replied , picking up the telephone , and the calm decisive way in which she handled the situation sent Edna running off up the lane with Bobby , without further demurrence . |
| 22 | By Sunday morning , though , they had both their parents ' blessing , and Sebastian went off to the Greens ' house to get more details of the flat from Rosemary . |
| 23 | ‘ Mr. Gould went off in the morning to the Acteon [ sic ] Islands , which are about a mile distant from each other and at the distance of about 3 or 4 miles from Research Bay . |
| 24 | Alexander ran off down the hall and vanished into the sitting-room . |
| 25 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 26 | Then Dr Livesey hurried off into the wood . |
| 27 | They had a report that Gilbey hurried off to the Lotus HQ , laughing as Styczynski shouted : ‘ Are you going to sort out this mess , mate ? ’ |
| 28 | and Hereford are back in action tomorrow night … they 're playing Torquay at home in the Coca Cola cup … while Swindon kick off at the County Ground against Oldham on Wednesday … |
| 29 | and Hereford are back in action tomorrow night … they 're playing Torquay at home in the Coca Cola cup … while Swindon kick off at the County Ground against Oldham on Wednesday … |
| 30 | Mr Kettering going off without the dog and his wife bringing it round to you — it all seems a bit odd if it 's so devoted to him . ’ |