Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pn reflx] off to " in BNC.
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1 | As expected , Tadpole Technology plc , the UK company that took itself off to Austin , Texas , and came up with the first notebook computer based on Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparc RISC chip and Unix , has decided the time is right to bring its Sparcbook 1 back to Europe ( UX No 371 ) . |
2 | I told my boyfriend who was horrorstruck and took myself off to a lesbian students ' conference . |
3 | At other times he craved solitude and took himself off to Balmoral to fish , paint and stalk deer . |
4 | After further disagreements with Hoveyda , Zahedi left the Foreign Ministry and took himself off to his fathers house in Switzerland . |
5 | He bowed reluctantly , and took himself off to his post . |
6 | She lumbered out of bed , reached for the too recently removed dressing-gown and took herself off to her bathroom . |