Example sentences of "going off to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some little groups were going off to west and east , but most hung on with a sense that the next thing now demanded to be done . |
| 2 | She and Jim talked together secretly about leaving the house and going off to somewhere ‘ more committed ’ , but Phoebe could not bring herself to give up the only home she knew of , could not bring herself to choose absolutely Jim 's commitments over the women 's commitments . |
| 3 | ‘ She ca n't be going off to a big party before the Championship . |
| 4 | Shaw was one of the star pupils of Vera Volkova , who taught both the company and school from 1943 to 1950 , before going off to Copenhagen where for 25 years she revolutionised , and Russianised , the style of the Royal Danes . |
| 5 | Peggy rather hoped that Rosalind was not all dressed up to meet a new boy-friend , but with a letter going off to Richard it looked as if she were . |
| 6 | Between leaving school and going off to war with the Navy , he had worked on the Sharpness tugs for British Waterways . |
| 7 | Deafness , however , did not prevent him from going off to South Africa and taking part in the Boer War . |
| 8 | My purple stripy barrel-bag — it was small , it 'd look as if I was going off to my gran 's for the weekend . |
| 9 | And what do his parents think — him going off to a distant town with a stranger like you ? ’ |
| 10 | A year later , having done a super job as Editorial Assistant before going off to university last autumn , we finally got around to organising the lesson ! |
| 11 | Naturally she had not wanted to go out with him , but both her mother and father stressed how nice it was of him to take such an interest in the fact that she was going off to university and wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat . |
| 12 | As we went away to the sounds of Mrs Otto 's profuse good-byes , I reflected on the nature of the relationship between her and Otto , almost the opposite to what one might have expected : the gallant captain going off to sea where his authority was absolute and his orders brooked no delay , and returning to a wife whom he clearly adored but where the roles were reversed . |
| 13 | Years ago when I used to see the young masters going off to their boarding schools … you too , I used to envy you all . |
| 14 | ‘ Going off to London today , are you , miss , and on your own too , wo n't you let me come with you ? ’ |
| 15 | She thought she was rather like a mother , making sure a child had eaten before going off to school , did not scruple to say , " Are you sure you 've had enough ? |
| 16 | ( The little road going off to the left here , towards Host a , I certainly do n't advise ; it scared the wits out of me one afternoon , so steep , narrow and broken was it ) . |
| 17 | Do you remember many people going off to the Red Brigade ? |
| 18 | Mike , an ex-philosophy student , was going off to Germany in the New Year ; Naomi from Bristol was about to embark on a Museum Studies course at university ; Liane , a weights and measures official , was one of the many volunteers who had helped at Uppark after the fire ; and Hugh , a quantity surveyor currently between jobs , set out to astound us over the next few days with his minimalist clothing ( some ancient jeans which were fashionably ripped at the crotch and a pair of lurid , exceedingly short shorts ) . |
| 19 | He shuddered and looked away , his eyes going off to the horizon . |
| 20 | She is going off to work , but in the meantime we have had to send her son home with the Head of Primary Department ( see his diary ) . |
| 21 | So it looks as if it 's going off to infinity or something , but |
| 22 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 23 | For the married couples the heartache would be centred round their children going off to boarding school , especially when they left home for the first time . |
| 24 | " Everybody seems to be going off to the wedding-breakfast . |
| 25 | In speaking of Molla Fenari 's going off to Karaman ( probably in 805/1402–3 ) , moreover , he says that " he abandoned his posts . |
| 26 | There is n't much more we can do , short of going off to Istanbul in person to try and find his tracks . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's going off to Jaén for film . |
| 28 | A fellow whose hip operation and general physical incapacity does n't stop him going off to gaming-houses gets my vote , even if he does have a tendency to gurn on endlessly about obscure dates in the past of no interest to anyone . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Here , Sandra , ’ said one of the regulars sitting at the bar , ‘ first I 've heard about Mrs P. going off to Spain . |
| 30 | He has been soundly scourged , verbally , by the girl , and can only respond by going off to Mome Elwis , and giving her another verbose and self-pitying plea ( lines 39 – 62 ) , repetitiously anticipating his own death if his sexual desires are not gratified . |