Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 She must have told Gloria off too , for the very next day , Gloria said , ‘ You got to go off to the country , ducks , health visitor says .
2 Other jobs they 'd pulled off over the years that we can nail them for . ’
3 She said , do you know she said we 'd gone off to the woods and I suddenly remembered I 'd left my purse in the car .
4 I sat in the road during a demonstration and got hauled off to the police station in Newbury .
5 I got told off by the ref — I was a bit wild then — and Ian began moaning as though he was crying .
6 Madge was attended by six little Burmese bridesmaids , who as soon as she arrived started off up the long aisle , and she followed with the kind friend at whose house she had spent the previous two nights and who ‘ gave her away ’ .
7 The cripple turned to make off into the undergrowth and as he did so there was a twang from Marian 's bow and one of his crutches spun from under him and he was down one-sidedly .
8 The excitement died away and the crowd began to drift off down the side streets .
9 However , this began to trail off towards the end of June due to outside distractions — Wimbledon tennis and International cricket .
10 ‘ … the idea of pedestrian/vehicle segregation began to take off in the 1950s and much of the pioneer work was done in the new towns .
11 The juggernaut started with a cough and splutter , was thrown into gear and began to move off down the narrow road .
12 He began to move off towards the castle .
13 Ca n't get enough of them , ’ interrupted Dexter with a broad smile , anxious to push the superintendent off her soapbox before she started to sound off about the worthlessness of most television .
14 Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction .
15 But once Pietro started sounding off to the press they had to stand by you to avoid charges of bowing to pressure . ’
16 The vehicles started to move off to the washdown point and thence to the trains that would take them home .
17 Britain finally became cut off from the Continent at the Straits of Dover around 6500 BC , although it may have been somewhat later between East Anglia and northern Europe via the Dogger Bank .
18 Unfortunately he got cut off in the middle of a sentence . ’
19 At this point an Irishman among the raiders unaccountably chose to dash off through the still sleeping streets to raise the alarm .
20 He stood up and picked up the candle and went wandering off into the shadows with it .
21 The Lorrimores , followed by everyone still in the dining room , went dashing off into the dome car , but Emil and I looked at each other , and I said , ‘ How do we warn that train ? ’
22 Maud went rushing off down the corridor , but Mildred stopped and looked out of the window to see if there was any evidence of fire .
23 We go up the hill on the toboggans and you 're meant to use your brakes and one of us did , and we just went flying off into the raging snow .
24 He went running off after the boy down the tunnel , dodging people and cannoning into others .
25 Also , I have found Mr Hauser has a Lear jet which flies him across the world plus a Sikorsky helicopter which I saw taking off from the grounds of Livingstone Manor .
26 It seemed he was deliberately galloping very close past her to upset her chestnut mare , who kept taking off into the pampas .
27 It was lads from Garforth who stole the 1829 pole , but a group from Aberford managed to make off with the top half in 1907 .
28 The S that Ford chose to show off to the press was understandably a fully loaded one .
29 But he was too late : the knife tipped over the edge and went spinning off into the night .
30 Many unattached skis went sliding off down the hill at incredible speed .
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