Example sentences of "off [prep] the local " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 2 | Joffe 's pious vision of man 's inhumanity to man all comes together in Pauline Collins ' clinic : it squares off against the local mafia , saves lepers etc . |
| 3 | Its 80-kilometre , elliptical layout is designed to carry water for six million Londoners to strategically placed pump shafts , from which it can be drawn off into the local network . |
| 4 | In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary . |
| 5 | Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party . |
| 6 | before you rush off to the local retailer , cash in hand , take a little time to consider the type of runner you are and what you really need . |
| 7 | Cris tried to help , of course , but as soon as the ambulances came they sent him off to the local hospital , and that 's where he is now . |
| 8 | She could have taken herself off to the local Italian with her child and a book of her own , for Kate also likes reading though her tastes are less morbific . |
| 9 | Whole rooms of the Turk 's Head were taken over by bits of fairground waiting for the revival that would send Uncle Titch and Grandad chortling off to the local branch of the Co-op . |
| 10 | And so , after they 'd just slipped off to the local registery office in the city , they had left for a brief honeymoon in Paris . |
| 11 | Now there 's a little piece , can I mention a little piece in the local thing , there 's a little press release here which Robert produced and sent off to the local newspaper . |