Example sentences of "and head off [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In the kind of yuppy apartment in which they lived , the chimpanzees would signal ‘ GO SINK ’ and head off to the kitchen sink .
2 ‘ Run , ’ Vitor instructed , and as Ashley obediently turned and headed off up the drive he sprinted beside her .
3 ‘ I 'll wait , ’ I said , and headed off towards the postroom .
4 No stone rolled down the cliff that morning , and I left Euclid still snoozing on the old redwood step at about 10.50am and headed off over the bridge to Lighthouse Road , which runs along for two or three miles south of the river , through to the mouth of the Mattole and the northern tip of the King range .
5 The designer , Sandy Powell , has known Anderson since their first day at St Martin 's when they played truant and headed off to the pub after about 15 minutes .
6 Blunset listened carefully , jotting down the odd note in his notebook and headed off down the corridor .
7 After quite a lot of persuasion and promises of chocolate bars , I finally got back into my canoe and headed off down the river to find my paddle and the rest of the group .
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