Sentence examples for try to run off from inspiring English sources

They put on a decent show, but you can only take so much prog before your ears try to run off without you.

According to Hickman, Lord Soth is the most unpredictable character to write about, saying "Every time that character made an appearance in one of our books he would try to run off with the story".

A frightened dog prefers to run away and hide; if the dog is still able to move, it may try to run off, so be prepared for this possibility and keep an on eye on where he heads to.

Pastor Rowles was droning on, and Trusdale tried to run off the trapdoor.

An awkward silence ensued while his questioner tried to run off a quick calculation in his head: Was Michael Douglas even born in 1929?

In his first race of 2012 he tried to run off, but after losing touch with the field he circled it and lost narrowly.

In the demo I was privy to, I witnessed four 'raid' cars – that's off-road vehicles outfitted with armour – battle each other to cause the most damage to a Humvee the team were trying to run off the road.

Biggar, his right thigh heavily strapped, tried to run off the injury but his attempts proved fruitless and the early exit will undoubtedly prove a concern for the national coach, Warren Gatland, three weeks before this season's Six Nations kicks off.

Rattigan said the germ of the story came from Vivien Leigh ("Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"), who was married to Laurence Olivier but fell in love with another actor and was fogged in at Heathrow trying to run off with him.

"I tried to run off and celebrate but fell over and they all jumped on top of me".

My boyfriend registered what was going on, grabbed my hand and tried to run off pulling me behind, but I'd frozen and he lost his grip.