Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb pp] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor . |
| 2 | Old Nebbins felt hurt and slowly set off towards . |
| 3 | Scots-born ( in Elgin ) , educated at Aberdeen University , qualifying as a CA , then joining Alcan Aluminium , he realised his experience and qualifications were ‘ quite narrow ’ and so headed off to Manchester Business School and an MBA which then took him into international consultancy with McKinsey . |
| 4 | On November 8 , 1983 , a masked gang forced their way into the Brinks-Mat warehouse at Heathrow and coolly made off with 6,800 gold bars worth more than £26 million . |
| 5 | From my point of view , if someone was totally pissed and just got off with you and really embarrassed about it and thought , you know , oh my God how could I go for her I think that 's , do you think that 's worse than them saying , than it being a bit of a joke ? |
| 6 | His work done , Nation collected his fee and promptly set off in search of other work , as did any other jobbing writer . |
| 7 | It also provides an opportunity , and I think this is quite important , for people to get to know what is happening within the fields of expertise , which increasingly in our society become more and more specialised , more and more hedged off from one another , and in a sense I think that there is a very great danger if intelligent adults in the community , laymen in effect , do n't have some idea , some coherent idea , of what 's going on in these fields of specialisation and expertise . |
| 8 | FIVE cool businessmen stumbled from the wreckage of their crashed plane … and smartly stepped off to work . |
| 9 | He then slowly pulled out some bank notes and furtively handed them over to the large man , who patted him on the back and quickly got off at the next station . |
| 10 | And really cheesed off about being left out of the action for so long . |
| 11 | Did she then grow impatient , and concerned at the pasty cooling in the wickerwork basket , lighted a candle and bravely set off up the tunnel determined that her daddy would have a hot meal ? |
| 12 | Brought them down here and then gone off along the cliff path with them . |
| 13 | He suddenly dropped a quick kiss on her startled lips and then bounded off up the stairs , and Jenna was left with his briefcase in her hand , her expression stunned . |
| 14 | Before departing , we ate and then headed off to the Crucible Theatre for the evening . |
| 15 | The Fellow , a comfortable winner from Docklands Express in last year 's King George and twice touched off in the Gold Cup , has apparently thrived since finishing third in last month 's Hennessy . |
| 16 | As a result of this change I was ‘ promoted ’ chairman and virtually cut off from any effective direction of the company . |
| 17 | Beaten 16 times in the last 17 years over the 4 mile Putney to Mortlake course and virtually written off by the bookies , the Light Blues insist they can turn the tide . |
| 18 | He had no intention of staying by Hitler 's side in his Berlin bunker and instead set off for his own headquarters . |