Example sentences of "was off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And with that he reined the mare 's head about and was off down the lane , brandishing the crop , significantly , above his shoulder . |
| 2 | After the show had ended , the black Cizeta on display was off to the company 's first client in Singapore , who 'll be $630,000 lighter for the privilege of owning the world 's only V16-engined production car . |
| 3 | In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary . |
| 4 | Lady Rutherford was off to the kitchen like a steamship , with us trailing in her wake . |
| 5 | Someone had mentioned that the ski-jump was off to the right , but visibility was only 50 yards and it could not be seen . |
| 6 | Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party . |
| 7 | Telling MPs why he was off to the ‘ icy wastes ’ of the backbenches , the ex-Fun Minister said he felt like Captain Oates — the member of Scott 's Antarctic expedition who walked out into the snow to die to give his companions a better chance of survival . |
| 8 | When Minton first met him he had already discovered Soho and , whilst telling his opera-singer mother that he was off to the Science Museum , would take the tube to Tottenham Court Road to wash dishes in the Budapest run by Victor Sassie ( later the proprietor of the Gay Hussar ) . |
| 9 | So it was off to the department stores of central London with a LASMO cheque to kit himself out with warm and waterproof clothes as a matter of some urgency . |
| 10 | In the evening it was off to the Scottish Crofters Union Annual Dinner . |
| 11 | By the time he told her he must go , and was off to the Republic for a day or two , she was placated . |
| 12 | She was off into the scullery to stir the stew ; she was one of those women who will never give anybody the satisfaction of her undivided attention . |
| 13 | Behind him a huge , dangerous-looking jogger in bright purple shorts thundered up and then , after a brief , explosive display of sweat and breath , was off into the quaking grass . |
| 14 | He did a sprightly two-step , twirled , and was off across the lawn , shouting , ‘ Come on , Darken . |
| 15 | Then Waters hit me on the shoulder and I was off across the paddock concentrating on the spot where Werewolf had suddenly vanished into the trees . |
| 16 | And then he was off up the stairs with Wilson , panting behind , trying to fathom the significance of his relief . |
| 17 | Fiver was off up the field like a hare . |
| 18 | She was off up the stairs without another word . |
| 19 | Caitlin was off at the BBC studios , he was appearing on Crimewatch later in the evening . |
| 20 | As I lie here under the green , seaweedy tent I remember from some trite television interview , a remark made by Brigitte Bardot , loopy Parisienne , namely that in all her many love affairs she was off at the first sign of the waning of passion . |
| 21 | I thought I was off on the usual , rather tedious type of assignment ! |
| 22 | In the case of the British , it was off with the cricket sweater and down to your marks . |
| 23 | I was off before the pistol . |
| 24 | The main consideration in gaining a clear conscience is that we work out the wording carefully in advance as the prodigal son did when he was off in the far country . |
| 25 | The spaceport was off in the distance ahead of them , a giant depression in the midst of the great glacial plateau of ice — the City 's edge forming a great wall about the outer perimeter . |
| 26 | Well you took all this sort of things in your stride but the next day we heard about these houses being knocked down , you see , and I think that 's the nearest I 've been to be killed but one day , one Saturday and that was in a daylight raid , one Saturday afternoon because , you see , I was off every afternoon but I worked till ten every night , you see , and er so erm but of course Hugh worked during the day and he was off in the evening , that 's why he used to come down to see , to see us and er he used to come in er you see and leave his lodgings and , oh be about nine o'clock and he spent the last day up there perhaps with his friends , have a chat , and er , you see , and but er and I was walking along it was called and suddenly a plane came over and I thought oh I expect it 's one of ours . |