Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [pron] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As my mother no longer had means to live , she died ; and I took myself off to the south in search of more sunshine and a master who asked no questions . ’ |
| 2 | On one occasion , when Miss Mayhew had gone off to have her hair done after my lesson , I took myself off to the newspaper offices and asked to look up their old records . |
| 3 | You know I took himself off to the Park the other day , the the tiny one you know ! and fortunately I was n't in charge , his father was in charge of them . |
| 4 | Jack , Willy , Rex and I took ourselves off to the Lamb Inn for lunch and put away as much ale and steak and kidney pie as four young men could desire . |
| 5 | She took herself off to the library , read all she could , and ordered a set of language tapes . |
| 6 | She took herself off to the bathroom , carefully locking both doors before shedding her clothes . |
| 7 | She took herself off to the kitchen , saw with some incredulity from the kitchen clock that it was four o'clock — and shut herself in . |
| 8 | Laughter is a marvellous preventative medicine whether you feel low or not always it does you good if you take yourself off to the nearest comedy film or show . |
| 9 | Then , as much in guilty reaction to the receptionist 's parting look of disapproval as in the hope of ordering his thoughts , he took himself off to the bath . |
| 10 | In the winter of 1945–6 , when he took himself off into the mountains on spiritual retreat , he wrote to one of the United States Army 's cultural attachés with whom he later became great friends : |