Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He retired to his basket in a huff and I went off to the supermarket in a quandary . |
| 2 | I pushed hard and I picked up some places , but then in the bad conditions Lehto caught me and I went off into the wet and that was it . ’ |
| 3 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 4 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 5 | A long ridge-walk requires an early start , and a companion and I set off from the hotel at 8.30 , toast crumbs still trembling on our lips , to attain the ridge by the first peak , Creag a' Mhaim . |
| 6 | Mark and I agreed to have a game together soon and I moved off down the course , and mused on the ways in which the pro golfers cope in their different ways with the unusual demands of the pro-am . |
| 7 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
| 8 | And she stalked off to the foyer . |
| 9 | And so they merely shook hands , and she walked off down the garden path to her door . |
| 10 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 11 | She caused a great army to be collected , and she set off at the head of the army to punish Oleg Ban . |
| 12 | With Nathan on board my dogs move more slowly , and we trail off from the others as we climb up above the tree line . |
| 13 | In spite of our scepticism , to our relief the first boat in that area to be investigated proved to match the photograph and we slunk off into the night , doused our lights , and prepared to follow her at a safe distance . |
| 14 | We then all got into taxis and we went off to the Coconut Grove at the top half of Regent Street where we spent until the small hours of the morning . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't fancy marching in this heat , ’ remarked the driver as he started up the engine and we sped off in the direction of the Orne bridges . |
| 16 | Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains . |
| 17 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 18 | Jack agreed and they set off down the track side , treading carefully in case they tripped over signal wire . |
| 19 | Jack chucked her her helmet , stowed the emergency gear and fired up his bike , and in seconds she was clinging on behind him as the sirens wailed and they took off through the car park as if the hounds of hell were after them . |
| 20 | I think just the fact that my wife knew what was going on , and knew the problems exactly you know , they had their own meetings and the food parcels that they could organize , you know I would n't have a clue how to go about it , the fact that various shops refused to have collection points inside , and they wrote off to the management of these shops and got that changed . |
| 21 | He arranged an abortion which went wrong and they went off to the South of France to recuperate . |
| 22 | She ran , jumped on her girlfriend 's motorbike and they roared off to the house in the middle of the ricefields where they were staying , the bike slewing around in panic . |
| 23 | Children from the local primary school cycled the path to attend the ceremony , but when Walter and Ted started reminiscing about bike rides to Newcastle in the 1920's , their patience ran out and they scampered off to the village hall for their free tea ! |
| 24 | And they backed off in the stumbling , hurried , slightly reckless way that traffic pulls over for ambulances or royalty . |
| 25 | Endill told him the plan so far , and they headed off to the sick bay , Mr Litmus taking his pile of notes with him . |
| 26 | Mr McDoodle pulled on the reins and they headed off down the drive , past the old hanging tree and out onto the bumpy road . |
| 27 | Blanche thanked the man for his help and he loped off down the corridor , jangling his keys . |
| 28 | He was a miner and he went off to the First World War and got killed . |
| 29 | And he ran off into the trees . |
| 30 | ‘ Ah well , ’ he said finally , ‘ if he tried to get his own back for his son 's trouble , we will have to crack his head too , ’ and he swept off into the dance . |