| We took off from Harrisburg with great speed and soon were jouncing along on the jointed rail. |
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| He was wet through so took off most of his clothes and emptied his pockets, to let everything dry off. |
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| The father immediately took off his necklaces, his soft fine garments and his other adornments and put on clothes that were ragged and soiled. |
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| Collins took off on his lap of honour, deserving adulation for his run of 9.98 secs. |
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| Before the Wrights took off in the Flyer, they had gained experience with unpowered gliders, following the example of other pioneering aviators. |
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| Once on the street, Tim put the car into first, and deliberately vroomed the engine as he took off, feeling the slight push back into his seat. |
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| Theo took off his pack and was spreadeagled on a steep, bare rockface before he realised that there was no purchase. |
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| As we took off, I could hear a faint quack of relief from Archie's new acquaintances. |
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| Not knowing where exactly she was going she put her car in drive and took off. |
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| Beaudet's love affair with improvised music, and jazz in particular, took off. |
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| He was so upset that he took off his wedding ring, and threw it out of the window. |
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| Heat radiated and reflected around him and he took off his shirt to cool himself. |
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| On September 23 1942 he took off from an airfield near Alexandria on a solo reconnaissance over the Aegean. |
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| Cursing, Kari took off after it in a headlong sprint, not heeding the sharp sting of a whippy branch striking her cheek. |
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| The group, many of them arm in arm, took off their shoes and let the waves lap at their feet while local iwi wailed karakia into the waves. |
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| He lashed his tail from side to side, as he closed his eyes and took off blindly. |
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| The letter was signed by 12 ag organizations before the negotiators took off for the trade meeting. |
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| To show that it was a different kind of hearing, the judge and barristers took off their wigs, but kept on their court robes. |
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| He reapplied some different ointments and re-wrapped some all of the bandages he just took off. |
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| The wind chill seemed to double when I took off into it, but I gritted my teeth and told myself to live with it. |
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| Pilot error has been cited as the likely cause of a crash which occurred as a plane took off from an airfield near Keighley. |
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| She placed her handbag on the empty window seat beside hers, took off her coat, and sunk into her seat, enjoying its comfort. |
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| The 3-4 age group took off at the sound of the air horn to collect the eggs in their division. |
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| Gasping, Claven threw off his cloak, revealing a pair of black dragon wings and took off after Kyra. |
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| He got up from the wings of the stage and walked down the steps that would lead behind the small stage to where the actors took off their makeup. |
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| Matt took off down the corridors again, Mike in pursuit, heading for the balcony that would lead down to where the bombs had been wired up. |
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| Giving it their all the Czech Republic took off at a cracking pace in the first of four heats. |
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| Once the breakage was fixed, four of the five boats took off at a cracking pace with Germany in the lead. |
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| With this in mind Switzerland's Stephan Steiner took off at a cracking pace in heat one and never looked back. |
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| Australia's top single sculler, Amber Halliday took off at a cracking pace. |
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| She fell in love with a Kiwi martial art teacher and simply took off with him. |
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| Without a look back at their victim, the jaguars split up and took off in opposite directions along the alley. |
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| He followed her inside and as she turned on the lights he took off his coat and rested on a stool at the kitchen counter. |
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| He took off his long jacket and laid it carefully across the back of the chair and took his boots and glasses off as well. |
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| Instead, the shadows crept over her, giving her a rather mysterious allure and then soon took off. |
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| Although another pilot took off and landed the aircraft, Mr Henshaw flew it over the Cambridgeshire countryside using its dual controls. |
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| When they reached the sand, Muriel laughingly took off her sandals and her shorts. |
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| She took off an array of necklaces, charms, and amulets from her neck and began to rummage through them. |
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| We could have sworn that the downloading of music took off with the launch of Napster. |
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| One of the white figures took off her arm restraints as another undid the leg restraints. |
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| I was revising for my exams at University and got to the point where I was loaded with facts, so I took off for a walk round the lake. |
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| The aircraft took off in the dark with the runway illuminated by truck lights. |
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| We took off our sandals, and two of the men carried burning torches to light our way. |
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| There had been light snow showers earlier that morning when we took off for our first flight of the day. |
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| If everyone just took off and went in a direct line to the destination, there would be utter chaos. |
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| I took off as normal, concentrated on getting the glider established above hill top height before attempting to get into the pedals. |
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| The approbation he received when he took off in an amazingly cool style was the loudest heard that afternoon. |
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| The car took off like a runaway rocket, the engine roaring, smoke billowing and lights glaring. |
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| More than that, Bonnie and Clyde took off like a rocket, generating enormous profits and fame for everyone involved. |
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| Back in 1964, the son of comedian Jerry Lewis inked a contract with Liberty Records and took off like a bottle rocket. |
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| From this point his career really took off although the arithmetic book which he published in that year was not a major factor. |
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| Mr Hardman, I'm sorry, but your view of Little Lever is very different from mine. I took off my rose-coloured glasses a long time ago. |
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| Sir Thomas Fairfax found himself behind the Royalist line, so he took off all insignia and rode through their lines until he could reach safety. |
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| I picked it up, took off the rubber band that held it together, and began to thumb through it. |
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| This time the bear took off at a lope, crashed through the trees and disappeared from sight. |
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| The man backed away towards a set of stairs leading back to ground level, then took off at a run. |
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| The boy took off, and she followed at a run, interested to see where the boy would lead her. |
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| Desiree just rolled her eyes and took off in a run towards the paddock, screaming the name of the child who was paying no heed. |
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| With a quick look around, eyes sparkling, she took off at a run towards the end of the cliff. |
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| Turner checked out the plane, started the engine, and after a run-up, took off. |
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| He took off Dan Green, he explained, because he wanted a bigger player in the middle of the attack. |
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| Before he got to the lay-by where Mr Smith was waiting, Hickson loaded the weapon and took off the safety catch. |
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| She dismounted in front of Shadowed Fury's stall, and took off his tack and began to groom the stallion into perfection. |
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| To get a last go at the tailor a number of anglers took off to Fraser Island. |
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| It worked and the plane's head rose a little bit and the aircraft took off safely. |
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| The airline says it had no knowledge of the security breach before the aircraft took off. |
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| But as we started to get the traditional boost of people voting on their way home from work it just took off. |
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| His career took off when he was spotted by an Italian scout playing in a friendly tournament in a Paris park. |
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| The business really took off by the end of December, with all places now full. |
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| They were astonished at how the business took off with young Western-born Muslims. |
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| Their pure fruit smoothie recipes took off, and they've grown steadily since. |
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| As Carlyle's career slowly took off, the couple moved to London, settling in Chelsea. |
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| Then Hotmail and the like took off and almost everyone started using web-based e-mail. |
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| We were going to just count the number of nominations we were getting, but as it took off there were too many for us to read them all. |
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| A taxi driver was beaten and robbed by three men who then took off in his car. |
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| The very saddest day of both of our lives was on my 18th birthday when my mother took off. |
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| The guards were raiding and he took off like an Olympic sprinter, only to come to a sudden halt. |
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| The police were called and on arrival Robinson took off but was stopped soon after, the court heard. |
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| So myself and all my mates all took off for England, and I was to remain there in fact for five years. |
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| Together they made millions, but when the relationship soured Doherty took off with just a small bag. |
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| His leg was probably broken at this point but he held on as the Mondeo took off at great speed along Worksop Road. |
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| Sixty-years ago last week, Glenn Miller took off in the fog for Paris and was never seen again. |
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| The limousine took off, and the pensioners all moved to one side to let the car through. |
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| Rebecca Lloyd-Smith, prosecuting, told the jury the defendant took off his shirt. |
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| I took off my samite robe and folded it around my buttercream gown and green cloak. |
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| His face bore no expression whatsoever, he took off his tan coloured sunglasses and revealed dark eyes underneath the lens. |
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| I took off my clothes and found that my skin was a pale sort of tan with a tint of dirt. |
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| First she took off the ribbon, and then gingerly ripped off the tape holding the paper together. |
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| Soon, the aircraft taxied down the runway, and took off into the clear horizon. |
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| Glinting in the pinkish sunlight, the aircraft taxied slowly across the busy airport and took off on schedule 25 minutes later. |
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| The plane landed at eight o'clock, which is really weird because I took off at eight. |
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| All the baggage handlers came out to wave goodbye, then we took off in Concorde. |
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| Walker took off to see if he could find out the latest scuttlebutt, leaving Emmert alone. |
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| Moments later, five Austrian Albatros fighters and two Lohner seaplanes took off to challenge the Macchi intruders. |
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| We took off our climbing gear and started to fan out over the rocks, keenly searching for fossils. |
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| He sighed and took off his baseball cap to wipe the sweat from his brow with a forearm. |
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| They jumped out, took off their jerseys and proceeded to beat the fire out with them. |
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| Approaching the desk, he took off his hat and placed it on the counter, looking down at the girl with a toothy smile. |
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| Ultimately, maintenance drained the water tank, squashing that tricky freezing problem, and we took off. |
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| The setter sniffed the sidewalk, then with a wag of her shaggy tail took off down the street. |
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| We took off our sandals, and two of the bissu carried burning torches to light our way. |
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| With that, the boy grabbed the girl's hand and took off towards the front of the car, towing the girl along behind him. |
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| She grabbed the boy's arm but he waved her away and took off towards the other direction. |
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| The gut-wrenching thing about the Red Sox is they traded their most beloved player and then the team took off and started winning. |
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| Jess just nodded again and took off down the path in the direction of the machinery shed. |
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| I took a new sleeping pill as the plane took off, and when I opened my eyes, we were 40 minutes from landing. |
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| Ben took off his coat so that he could sit at table in white shirtsleeves, waistcoat and silk string tie. |
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| He stood there in his shirtsleeves as I took off my scarf and gloves and started unbuttoning my coat. |
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| Gangsters used to be criminals who took off on crime sprees and lived to be hunted by the law. |
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| With six passengers on board, the pilot took off and immediately had a problem with the aircraft's trim. |
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| As troopers and police took off after the fleeing marchers, a group lit into the reporters. |
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| Right after that we spotted a shovelhead shark of 4 to 5 ft. milling around, and I'm guessing that's what took off with her rig. |
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| The doe took off, alarmed, at a breakneck pace, the whites of her eyes showing. |
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| As quickly as possible I took off my skins and side slipped down a 45 degree hour glass to easier terrain below. |
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| After following a narrow gravel road for about 200 metres we took off down a side track. |
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| They kept the game tight up front for long periods but were absent on the blind side when scrum half Barry McCann took off on a 40 meter run. |
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| Many readers probably heard this speech from Mom or Dad before they took off for a singles condo with its own yoga room and EST support group. |
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| He was confident all would go well and as they got in the helicopter and took off, that confidence remained unaltered. |
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| He unchained his bike as fast as he could and took off to White Star Highschool. |
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| In one case a skier took off his gloves and grasped a ski lift pole with his bare hand. |
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| I was so eager that I took off without waiting for Ben to answer or to take the slack out of the rope. |
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| It was initially slammed by critics, but the play really took off during the Vietnam War. |
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| I ran into the room, and took off my clothes and slipped the undies on, and checked myself out in the mirror. |
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| She took off her bottoms and was about to take off her top half when I interrupted with her standing in a tank top and undies. |
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| It was very exciting to watch as 10 teams took off with mushers from Wisconsin, Alaska, Yukon and Saskatchewan. |
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| She took off the offending dark green velvet dress and changed me into my beautiful white muslin dress with its pale blue sash. |
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| He took off the plastic wrap and searched for a fork for her while she ripped open the envelope and unfolded the paper that was inside. |
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| This really took off and now we are selling sloe gin to farm shops, at farmers' markets and to 80 delicatessen shops throughout the country. |
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| On one occasion, while doing a particularly difficult surgery he took off his gloves and sat on a stool chanting some Sanskrit slokas. |
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| In the small hours of Friday morning the plane took off, and headed south to Florida. |
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| Dan patted his horse on the flank and unsaddled it, then took off its bridle. |
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| Two planes carrying 89 people took off from Moscow's Domodedovo airport yesterday around an hour apart and bound for two different destinations. |
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| The mare snorted again and then took off into the trees, a beacon of pearly white in the gray. |
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| Without hesitation, the blond-haired boy took off again, snowflakes drifting into his face. |
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| The two noblewomen took off in a huff, flustered after their encounter with Ruby's wit. |
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| Just as they did this all of the horses let out a fearful neigh, and took off running. |
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| Instead he gunned the car and when the light changed, took off down the road. |
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| He said her brassiere was showing and he took off his shirt and put it on her. |
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| Markets started out soft, but at midnight Australian time they took off with a bit of a roar. |
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| Tony took off for the hallway, tearing open the door and making a break for the elevator. |
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| Sales of single malt scotch really took off at the brewery after the brewpub started hosting tastings. |
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| It took off into the bright summer day and veered erratically around the trees and flowers. |
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| As the business took off, it hired staff and moved the office to Farnham, where it has opened a spa next door. |
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| Then he took off the nightshirt and long underwear he wore, and pulled on the outfit Rose had given him. |
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| Mark took off his shirt while Mandy took off her shorts and placed them in one of the nipa huts. |
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| Flustered, the blonde boy untied his spats, and took off one of his sock-shoes, sort of hopping around on one foot while doing so. |
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| The people below them turned into tiny specks as they took off high into the air. |
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| The heroic duo took off in the direction of eight spired rocks to the west. |
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| Robbers took off with 100 m of rope and 30 battens used to mark out a bush walk. |
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| A decade later came rice cakes, a staple of the Japanese diet which took off when billed as low-calorie and low-fat snacks. |
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| I replied negatively as he took off his purple hued sunglasses, fire engine-red leather jacket and canary yellow cashmere scarf. |
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| He suddenly took off his suede vest and flipped and kicked with a natural grace, performing capoeira, the dance of his native Brazil. |
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| Two people brought him, carrying him and helping him along, wrapped in a thick plaid blanket that we took off. |
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| One day he stole a car, took off and returned only to find the cops were on to his scam. |
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| We checked his body from head to toe, got him ready for the paramedics and then I took off and left. |
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| Clarke took off his helmet and donned the most treasured piece of headgear in Australian sport. |
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| Two contestants in electric chairs took off from the starting line with tyres squealing for the first 10 yards. |
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| He jumped, spun clear around in mid-air and took off running in the other direction, squealing in protest and fright. |
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| The guys over there are clearly from my age group, mining films we watched and loved before cable really took off. |
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| I brought Russet back in, stamped my feet on the rug, and took off his leash. |
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| At one point the female caught me watching them and then everyone took off in opposite directions. |
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| Melissa took off her jeans jacket and straightened her tank top so it would cover her strapless bra properly. |
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| She took off after him like a streak of lightning, anger burning away any of her past fears. |
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| I took off running as best as I could without losing control of the stroller, not noticing the car passing me. |
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| She took off with the black dog close behind with her little stub of a tail the only thing that he could reach. |
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| He took off his mask, rubbed a couple of sore spots on his slender face where the mask chafed against his pale skin. |
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| I took a couple of deep breaths, preparing myself for yet another day at Green County High, and then took off for my Algebra class. |
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| I still took off for the High Holidays and I wouldn't drive on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but I stopped going to shul. |
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| Being overanxious to beat Jeremy, I took off after the first noise I heard, and startled a couple of field mice. |
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| We had already started a fire, cleaned the stone floor and took off large pieces of cloth, which had covered a chest of drawers and a bed frame. |
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| The man holstered his guns, much to my relief, and took off his sunglasses. |
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| I made my way to my room, change into pj pants, took off my jacket and fell painfully to sleep. |
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| But he said it happened because the business took off and he was swamped with work and things became chaotic. |
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| The scorer took off to greet the pocket of fans down by the corner flag, swirling his shirt above his head in celebration. |
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| One day, their passions overcame them and they took off for her house, where they made passionate love all afternoon. |
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| Solo football and individual cricket never took off as national pastimes either. |
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| The indigenous surface-to-surface missile, capable of carrying a payload of 1 ton, took off from a mobile launcher. |
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| However, their club scene took off and they went from strength to strength. |
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| The philosophy of auctions took off in the '90s, and one can grant de facto property rights without de jure property rights. |
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| He took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose with his index finger and thumb. |
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| We wondered why he never took off his black felt hat all through the night. |
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| It had the roundness of a Concord grape Grandpa took off his vine and gave me to suck out of its skin and swallow whole, in Ohio. |
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| Mina rolled the window back up and floored the accelerator, and they took off at fifty miles per hour. |
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| At first light the next morning, Paul Buchel took off and headed south along the Wild Coast. |
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| He then took off his glasses and started to bring the cool refreshing water up to his face. |
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| When message boards first took off in the mid 90s, postings like that could send stock up or down several points in a day. |
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| He hit straight to Clarke at point, took off for a single, tried to stop and gave up before a stump was knocked from the ground. |
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| If anyone stuck in their car looked up, they could see airplanes flying low as they took off from the airport. |
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| On 17 May 1928, a small aircraft, leased at five shillings per mile, took off on the inaugural flight of the Flying Doctor. |
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| She chewed her sour apple gum furiously as the plane took off to help her ears pop. |
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| The voices thinned down and receded slowly, the owl fluttered its wings and took off from the tamarind tree. |
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| Since this was not a formal airshow, pilots took off and made fly-bys when they felt in the mood so a variety of aircraft were usually airborne. |
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| He walked over to me, took off my glasses and gently tapped my forehead just above the bridge of my nose. |
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| We had something go bad with our tires early on, but once we changed them, we took off and had a great race car. |
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| I took off my earmuffs and protective glasses, tossing them on a nearby chair. |
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| I closed my eyes and took off my glasses, my hand automatically hooking the earpiece on the pocket of my coat. |
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| Eric ever so gallantly closed the door behind him and took off his shoes very neatly. |
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| Unfortunately, he neglected to run through the checklist and consequently the plane took off without pressurisation. |
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| The reform process known as perestroika and glasnost took off slowly in the Ukraine. |
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| He looked behind him and noticed my evil glint because he took off again and ended up smack against Bryan. |
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| The pigeons, probably well used to such manoeuvres, took off timely, to the chagrin of their destructors. |
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| But I was gutted for a second as the plane took off to realise my dad hadn't turned up at the airport to meet us. |
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| He took off his greatcoat and hung it over the back of the wooden chair at the small table. |
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| She was feeling less bitter, so she took off her petticoat and put on her greatcoat, the better to be magnanimous. |
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| He took off his shirt, by now grimed with sweat and dust, and laid it out in front of where he knelt. |
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| She fled in tears to a girlfriend's house, he took off with his best man and several of the groomsmen to Tijuana. |
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| The function is the annual fundraising gala dinner and dance that took off with great success last year. |
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| Four of us took off to Oxford Street at noon to hire dinner suits from the smelliest man in London. |
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| He took off like a shot behind her hoping to tell the story before Dorothy could add her awful embellishments. |
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| He took off his shoes, socks, and finally his shirt, then dove into the pool. |
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| He took off shortly after noon and climbed to 6000 feet, rolled over and began his dive. |
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| The Britpop wave never really took off in France, with the exception of Oasis and Blur, and perhaps Pulp. |
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| He leapt forward and took off his donkey jacket and wrapped it round her shoulders. |
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| He then dabbed his forehead with a cloth and took off his dress coat, handing it to another pastor. |
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| As soon as he went down, she took off, sprinting down the street. |
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| When the Democrats saw what was up, a bunch of them took off for Oklahoma, and New Mexico to prevent a quorum vote. |
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| The doctor took off my glasses and tapped my forehead above my nose. |
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| The self-portrait as a glorification of the artist took off in the 1490s, according to Hall. |
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| I took off the wristbands and headband I always wore during practice. |
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| She took off again, this time at more of a stagger than a run. |
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| She climbed aboard the train and soon it took off for Yorkshire. |
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| He duly stopped the bike, hit the kill switch and we took off our lids. |
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| In the late 1980s it took off as the environmentally correct alternative fuel, but that's been disproved as well. |
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| After waiting for twenty minutes, the plane finally taxied and took off. |
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| The coyote jumped to its feet, yipping and then took off at a sprint. |
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| The ball connected with a dull ching and I took off to first. |
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| Then all four started running through the tunnel as Anthony, Mike, and Johnny took off in three different directions, trying to outrun their pursuers. |
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| On Jan. 11, 2010, humphries was traded to the New Jersey Nets, where his career finally took off. |
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| The flight to Chongqing took off four hours behind schedule. |
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| I took off after her again, my lack of breathable air forgotten. |
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| We took off our shoes, paddled in the water, made sand castles, collected sticks and shells, and examined the dead jellyfish washed up on the shore. |
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| She took off the jacket Jay lent her and returned it to him. |
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| He revved the bike and took off in the direction of the statue. |
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| Fichter threw the car into reverse and took off down the alley, backwards. |
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| The shot took off his chin and mouth and nose, missing his eyes and brain as it exited just above his high cheekbones. |
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| You took off your cleats, ready to change into tennis shoes. |
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| I returned to my room, took off my shoes and headed towards my bed, casting a sideways glance at the small pile of wrapped presents at the foot of my bed. |
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| He took off his flannel shirt, leaving only a ribbed, white undershirt. |
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| Today, immediately after my greeting, three of them skittered to their feet and ran full pelt on the water alongside me until they took off and soared above. |
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| The man waved farewell to them as the vehicle took off to the palace. |
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| Finally, his mother had enough, left his father, Joe Yule, Sr. and took off to California on an adventure with her son. |
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| Instead, she released a sternly worded statement and took off with her sons to a house in the country. |
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| We shuffled back and forth in the tracks for a few minutes, trying to stay limber, until the Norwegian ambassador to Canada sounded the ceremonial horn and we took off. |
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| Then, after their brief, indulgent stare, the two of them took off down the street, clearly unimpressed. |
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| Eve took off her shoes so she wouldn't scuff that glorious floor. |
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| In the middle of the fray he took off his uniform shirt, untucked his t-shirt, and put his gun in the back of his belt. |
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| On May 1, 1960, a U-2 spy plane operated by the CIA took off from an airbase in Peshawar, Pakistan. |
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| As the Smiths took off, he became frustrated by what he perceived as inaccurate and intrusive reporting. |
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| I forced my way through to her and someone took off her oxygen mask. |
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| Candy smiled and took off her shirt, and then tried to put her head through the head hole, but she found one of the armholes and decided to stick her head into it. |
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| A loggerhead turtle, which has been carefully nursed back to health in a leading aquarium, yesterday took off for Spain where she may soon find romance. |
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| Cvetkovich claimed her husband had Kidnapped her two young children and took off for Oregon in search of Masters. |
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| On Belgika, Botala and his family watched as the white men loaded their families into a large boat and took off for Kisangani. |
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| I watched them until they reached the curb, all the way down the sidewalk, and then Chaz beckoned to his brother with his arm and took off again at an angle. |
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| From there, his career soared, highlighted by a variety of gold records and giant hits that took off in the disco era, but truly made him the icon that he was. |
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| She slid back under the gate and took off at a run towards the big house. |
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| At Pelican Creek, the men unhitched the dogs, rolled up their pants, took off their boots, picked up the toboggan with the calves, and waded across. |
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| As Predator Drones took off and landed incessantly at the nearby airfield, we chatted over a pot of green tea. |
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| I know there was no wound on my wrist before hitting the sack because upon retiring I took off my watch and did not observe any blemish in the left wrist area. |
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| Another sport that took off in this period was Alpine mountaineering. |
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| A mountain rescue mission yesterday took off for Iceland to recover wreckage from a bomber plane which entombed four men in ice for more than 60 years. |
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| He clearly could think of nothing else to say, so he took off his glasses and began polishing them on the tail of his shirt, as was his habit whenever he was thinking. |
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| I took off the sheath, the holster, so to speak, of the taser and I loaded the taser. |
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| As the relationship took off, I was provided with blow-by-blow accounts of each night they spent together, with enough gooey details to put me off my next meal. |
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| They took off in the opposite direction, which led to a boarded fence. |
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| We had a stare-down for four or five seconds and then he took off. |
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| When Forrest took off on that long run of his, cris-crossing the US with a band of straggling devotees in the film Forrest Gump, he was probably suffering from dromomania. |
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| So Rey and Maupin sprayed the guards with their own Mace-type aerosol and took off running in a panic. |
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| When the song ended, Wembore anticipated a fight and took off, pleased with the subversion of his dance. |
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| I got him down to the ground, took off his belt, and cinched it tightly around his biceps to stop the bleeding. |
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| Balamory took off in such a way that he never managed to finish his degree, uncompleted business that he hopes to rectify now the series has run its course. |
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| Because I tend to be a bit absent-minded at times and as well as forgetting where I put my keys or took off my glasses, I also forget where I save things to. |
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| She screamed to no one and at that took off at a bolt, ignoring the protesting jabs of pain in her chest as she shot over to the door and scrambling with the lock. |
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| He shook his umbrella and took off his jumper, handing it to me. |
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| As they approached, looping a rope around its neck, the camel took off, dragging the pair with it. |
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| The four women took off their shoes and displayed their stockinged feet. |
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| They took off through the timber, and so began a five-month hunt for two men in the wilds of America. |
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| Then the Micro-brewery revolution introduced several different varieties of beer, from ales and porters, to bocks and even more pilsners, and the beer market took off. |
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| Tonight while driving down Sydney Rd, I took off my glasses at a red light to polish them, and the world suddenly sprang into a vivid kaleidoscope of coloured spangles. |
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| They then took off for real, shedding armfuls of bitten plums. |
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| The mail-order business took off, so he closed the magazine and started a record shop. |
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| Howe walked through to the trainer's room in the back and took off his topcoat and his jacket and hung them up. |
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| The King and Francois put spurs to their horses and took off at a fast pace, and there was no more leisure for conversation as the rest of the party followed suit. |
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| In this sequel, he took off from a prologue featuring Byron and Mary Shelley discussing sequel possibilities before introducing the lonely creature's shock-headed bride. |
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| They took off her wrinkled clothes, and gave her a sponge bath. |
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| This is the only seat that we took off the Government in any of the four main centres, and that is an achievement that people here can take great pride in. |
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| I took off my giant t-shirt and pressed the button that misted me. |
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| He nipped gently at my ear, then took off, vanishing into the starlit sky. |
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| But the 62-year-old former auxiliary nurse took off her seatbelt and jumped from her Ford Puma in St Peter's Way, leaving Ali inside with the engine running. |
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| Yambuku Breman peered out at the huge Congo River system as the flight took off. |
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| But I still was hot so I took off my shoes and my knee-highs. |
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| Over 3000 fans traveled on the cruiseship, which took off from Rome, and watched their fave idols perform live over four nights across Europe. |
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| According to the Flight-Aware aviation tracking website, the plane took off from Cleveland Regional Jetport in Cleveland, Tenn. |
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| The EMS industry took off after the late 1970s when Solectron was established. |
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| The next flight on October 15 failed spectacularly when the second stage ignited on the pad and took off by itself. |
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| I headed out to the barn for a ten-minute milking job, and the cow took off and ran to the far end of the north forty. |
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| He got her slippers and took off her boots. It delighted him to perform menial offices. |
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| Out of sight of the houses he took off his clothes and let the rain sluice down on his bare body. |
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| The American petrochemical industry took off, first making such as styrene, ethylene, propylene and butadiene. |
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| But the venture only really took off when Ian, who previously ran the business as a sole trader, registered it as a limited company. |
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