Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] off to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1914 the art schools had all but atrophied ; the models had gone off to the munitions factories , and students had been replaced by retired businessmen seeking distraction from their troubles . |
| 2 | Amateurs wanted to get off to the country for the weekend rather than performing for the benefit of playing spectators . |
| 3 | He said of his marriage : ‘ I still do things like dashing off to Bangkok . |
| 4 | As the recital proceeded , the teachers began to drift off to their appointed confessional boxes , anxious to miss , on any excuse , as much as possible of the headmaster 's address . |
| 5 | WITTON Gilbert WMC members have got off to a good start with their appeal to provide two guide dogs for the blind . |
| 6 | The vehicles started to move off to the washdown point and thence to the trains that would take them home . |
| 7 | The women and children had gone off to the caves — , ‘ Did you not fight ? ’ |
| 8 | I was only able to come because all the men have gone off to a meeting with Romanies from other camps . |
| 9 | Eventually , when the howling had subsided and the jackals had sloped off to the forest , the dogs would come back in , or they 'd wander off into the frosty night and not return until morning . |
| 10 | ‘ Esop fable ’ ( May ) correctly suggests that employee share ownership plans have got off to a slow start . |
| 11 | A small number of cooperatives and self-managed enterprises have got off to a good start . |