Example sentences of "[vb base] off to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The devout and those with a full itinerary hurry off to the Abbey as the bell tolls for communion . |
| 2 | Two clipped young Gurkhas peel off to the side as the Queen stands before the two great thrones , flanked by a clutch of Yeomen of the Guard , pikes resting on their shoulders . |
| 3 | In the kind of yuppy apartment in which they lived , the chimpanzees would signal ‘ GO SINK ’ and head off to the kitchen sink . |
| 4 | Tony and I drag our boats up the beach and head off to the rocks , our balance oddly disturbed by the many hours afloat . |
| 5 | The troops , expecting to be ‘ home by Christmas ’ after a few gallant cavalry charges , held an impressive open air church parade in the Recreation Field and in late August the town gave a lively send off to a detachment of the ‘ Kings Own ’ . |
| 6 | Oliver was close behind as she ran towards the pedlar , then cut off to the side . |
| 7 | We make the most of this and scoot off to the hospital . |
| 8 | I 'd parked Armstrong around the side of Sedgeley House in one of the diagonal streets that run off to the Edgware Road . |
| 9 | Keep moving right and you should find the concert permit , jump up onto the purple wall and walk right to the other side , get one of the three crates and kill the mugger , then walk to the right and jump up three platforms to reach a heart , fall down to where you started then climb down the ladder with a crate , kill the workman , go down another level and kill the mugger ( avoiding the dog ) , go down another level , climb down the ladder and go down again , you can risk hitting the wire and flame to collect the records ( macho time again ) , climb down a final ladder and jump off to the left . |
| 10 | Now if I were to suggest to you that in some gay bars the ‘ lads ’ pop off to the toilets that number of times to indulge themselves , then you might think I was repeating lurid propaganda put about by the puritan league . |
| 11 | Just piss off to a nightclub , dear , come back in the wee small hours . |
| 12 | A nurse will bring a white-wrapped bundle which I shall cursorily inspect for gender , then pack off to the nursery for six years . |
| 13 | I 'd leave the shop at 6 p.m. , drive off to a gig , ( reeking of chips despite bathing nightly in Domestos ) and return in time for the hour and a half of cleaning which began as soon as the last customer left at midnight . |
| 14 | Later , in search of a party , we drive off to an after-hours club . |
| 15 | Last week 's budget about turn certainly ensures that this Flat season and many to follow get off to the sort of flying start it had been very difficult to envisage 12 months ago . |
| 16 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
| 17 | From there they set off to the landing ground which was Fraser 's target . |
| 18 | He placed his arm round my waist , which gave me a pleasurable feeling I 'd never experienced , and then we set off to the picture house . |
| 19 | Thanks to the rank stupidity of Steve Gillery 's bride-to-be , he had to hold his stag night on Saturday morning and rush off to the ceremony during half-time in the afternoon . |
| 20 | Because usually you go off to a restaurant and if there 's twenty of you you ca n't sit together can you ? |
| 21 | We 'd camp next to the meeting and go off to the pub on the Saturday night , halfway through the decathlon . |
| 22 | And then o over to the bungalow , now she 'll either do that she 'll do the shopping before we go off to the bungalow , maybe we 'll pop down to Asda and |
| 23 | Well , summer is well and truly with us — though as I write I ca n't decide whether to pack my industrial strength waterproofs or my total block sun cream when I go off to the Peak District this weekend . |
| 24 | And I can see this er this woman with her three children go off to the workhouse and er they was crying but they were waving and then all the neighbours was out waving to them . |
| 25 | In Mary Barton the working-class heroine and her husband go off to the colonies to start a new life . |
| 26 | Once I get them up from their rest , we go off to the lake and feed the ducks or we go to friends . |
| 27 | The words just wo n't come any more , so I 'm going to put my biro down and go off to the post . |
| 28 | Question mark , What that means is , four o'clock you go home , you pick the kids up from school , you take them all to MacDonalds , you all have Big Macs , yum , yum , then you go off to the pictures , and they all want to see Arnold Schwarzenegger blowing somebody 's head off , and you want to watch Bambi or whatever it is . |
| 29 | Indeed late news stories can be added just moments before the final pages go off to the printers . |
| 30 | Come over Kirkstone Pass towards Ullswater and , on reaching the valley , turn off to the right to the little village of Hartsop , a quiet place now , but once a centre of rural activity . |