Example sentences of "[adv] off to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a ledger , the size and solidity of an old-fashioned accounts book , with broken corners and an air of belonging to that grey period which is too far gone to be new but not yet far enough off to be old . |
| 2 | So off to the therapist , the new-age aquarian bubble bath and Christianity . |
| 3 | A rock awash outside the reef entrance was 100 metres or so off to port . ’ |
| 4 | You give a good firm aid that would have your youngster wandering gently off to the left and suddenly find yourself falling off the side because the old hand did a sharp left turn ! |
| 5 | you were better off to , to play it cautiously . |
| 6 | Again , in those same areas of England still fewer believed ‘ income should be redistributed from the better off to the less well off ’ . |
| 7 | He 'd have been better off to of crawled back down there and apologise |
| 8 | Well er I think that getting away the oh you live in Nottingham , oh fancy that you know , you , you know where you 're starting , you know , everyone either works for Boots or used to work for Boots and , you know , you 've got a rough idea , you , you , you do n't need to go into the oh fancy that you know , all that 's arranged so erm I think i i it 's , i i i it 's the middle of September when we either go to Los Angeles , I think we go to Los Angeles , and fool around Hollywood and San Diego and places and down to see a and then away off to erm Las Vegas and Flagstaff you know about this meteor crater in Flagstaff , that apparently is why you go to Flagstaff tt a meteor came , the meteor crater is there tt and then the Grand Canyon and go through national park which San Francisco and erm spend erm two or three days there and then come back again . |
| 9 | Riven kicked his mount ahead until he was level with Murtach at the front of the column , Fife and Drum trotting effortlessly off to one side . |
| 10 | Her husband considered pushing the dog on to the floor , thought better of it , and went sulkily off to bed . |
| 11 | If you are determined to give up smoking , you are already off to a good start . |
| 12 | The appeal is already off to a flying start with around £100,000 already guaranteed , over £80,000 from a major sponsor , Walter Scott and Partners , and £15,000 from local authorities . |
| 13 | They were finally off to Italy and wanted to make an early start . |
| 14 | At the top , just off to the left , is a hut , placed there , I assume , to help struggling people like me . |
| 15 | Sturt was just off to Adelaide with his family to take up the post of Surveyor-General of South Australia , and it was a matter of great good fortune that the two met at all . |
| 16 | It 's just ’ — she held the door open for them — ‘ I 'm just off to — whoops ! ’ |
| 17 | Gav ( just off to the conference banquet ) |
| 18 | Then he and Ranulf trudged wearily off to bed . |
| 19 | He trudged wearily off to a generous standing ovation and a sympathy from QPR manager Gerry Francis . |
| 20 | People were moving slowly off to east and west . |
| 21 | But the Junior also felt a little odd , the playing area being rather off to one side , so Hamer would say it 's this that they 've looked to address — but I still think they could have done it better . |
| 22 | Suddenly , somewhere off to the rear , came an yell of alarm and the roar of a shotgun going off , followed by three more blasting off in quick succession . |
| 23 | Assuming the Turkey Pens had been situated at the rear of the house , he reckoned he was now heading for the outer fence somewhere off to the north side of the grounds . |
| 24 | As the weapon crashed into the underbrush among the trees somewhere off to his left , Grant saw the oriental shove Jim Miller away from him and step forward . |
| 25 | Carn Mor Dearg 's cairn provides a perfect view of the remaining route , with the Arête sweeping elegantly off to the south-west . |
| 26 | If he treats her from the beginning like a woman , elderly perhaps , but still entitled to every courtesy and consideration and some of his undivided attention , and if she treats him with affection and interest , voicing her pride in his achievements , and turning to him for advice on various matters , their relationship is usually off to a good start . |
| 27 | The distant gunfire and commotion was moving further off to his right . |
| 28 | His dad who was always popping in asking if anyone wanted to come down the pub — he was always off to the pub — also wrote the lyrics to our first song , ‘ Scarface ’ They were truly horrendous : ‘ Scarface , scarface , scarred from ear to ear , Scarface , the girls do n't even care . |
| 29 | It would then whoosh straight off to the central cashiers ' office . |
| 30 | Charities would be better off encouraging people not to send cards at all , and instead post the money they save straight off to the begging bowl of their choice . |