Example sentences of "off [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marks broke off to acknowledge a greeting from a newcomer who went to the bar . |
| 2 | She broke off to acknowledge an old man trudging by : ‘ Good day to you , Mr Ivey ! |
| 3 | A summons from the tannoy interrupted our homespun philosophies and Joe sped off to perform a faultless run-through with no sign of the steroid-induced agitation — a true pro — while I sat and thought about life 's ‘ hard knocks ’ . |
| 4 | One theory says biochemical mechanisms to control the regulation of growth of some part of the organisms , say hormones or fur , may themselves become fault , or the conveyed messages over aeons may change , or the genes may suddenly switch off to inhibit the growth of winter fur of an animal used to northern climes . |
| 5 | Whether they were going for a new place , or staying , the hired hands were all given the day off to attend the Hirings . |
| 6 | If the answer was ‘ stoppin' ‘ , the labourer would be given an extra shilling to fasten his contract for the next year , but he still had the rest of the day off to attend the merrymaking at the Hirings . |
| 7 | Men with top-level executive positions arrange in advance to take two weeks off to attend the Van Cliburn ; habitual meetings of all description are deferred ; women leave their housekeeping entirely in the hands of their housekeepers . |
| 8 | But many more were needed , and in early January Coleridge set off to publicize the new venture on a tour of the Midlands , recording an eventful journey with comic gusto both in his letters at the time and almost twenty years later in the Biographia Literaria . |
| 9 | Durham City meet Middlesbrough at Hollow Drift in another noon kick off to accommodate the France v England international . |
| 10 | The meeting was mostly a ‘ Fun out of doors ’ one , so Jill soon went off to search the wood to complete her collection of ferns . |
| 11 | Cosy armchairs greet you in the marble lobby from where you can wander off to enjoy the lovely piano bistro or de luxe restaurant . |
| 12 | I took it off to paint the doll . |
| 13 | ‘ Therese does n't want him to go off to paint the Belgian ambassador 's wife . ’ |
| 14 | Walter Hardy used the boathook to push it into the shallows , and then went off to borrow a small motor cruiser so that he 'd be able to tow the carcase out to one of the marshy islands further down the lake . |
| 15 | Hymie and Louis would borrow two shillings from Old Bill , and then would say — ‘ We 're off to see a customer in Hamilton ( 12 miles away ) so we will not be back before 5 o'clock . ’ |
| 16 | Now we 're off to see a man about his dogs . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , ’ Kitty continued , ‘ all those years in that heat then she walks off to see the summer-house and would n't take a cardigan . |
| 18 | Mansell stormed off to see the stewards . |
| 19 | We 're off to see the lizard |
| 20 | ‘ We 're off to see the wizard on a magical mystery tour ! ’ the Doctor announced , and while Benny was trying to untangle the references from mid-twentieth-century popular culture , he strode out of the room . |
| 21 | We 're off to see the wizard ! |
| 22 | So Ann Green from Mansfield off to see the Alton Towers fireworks display at the weekend enjoy it be brilliant . |
| 23 | Andrew Jones and Chris Gill from Oxford are shortly to set off to see the pyramids . |
| 24 | Edward had gone off to see an editor at the BBC ; he wanted to talk about a project on the Third World , and the boy was at school . |
| 25 | Millions of pounds spent on satellite technology is wasted when people like me ignore Michael Fish yelling on television from behind some sandbags , ‘ For God 's sake take cover ! ’ as we set off to claim a Munro with a song in our hearts . |
| 26 | In time , however , she rose and moved off to sample the hedgerow , stretching her long , white neck to nibble delicately at the tips of the hawthorn . |
| 27 | Middle-ranking staff from Accounts go off to sample the city 's famously steamy nightclubs in the company of a bevy of angelic recorders . |
| 28 | Father Francis Shanahan , 67 , downed a quarter of a bottle of whisky before setting off to conduct a funeral . |
| 29 | Off to meet a girl , I should n't wonder , eh ? " |
| 30 | After much remonstrating during which I was told very kindly and politely that there was no problem , till I felt like tearing my hair out , I was sent to sit in a corner ( just a woman you see ) and Mr Fleming was ushered off to meet an official , rush off somewhere and come back with a piece of paper which was duly stamped , passport returned , and off we went to meet our contact , who explained in a jocular fashion that I was the problem . |