Example sentences of "off [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mayor-elect was then proposed and seconded before the two councillors went off to search for him . |
| 2 | THE sister of missing golf fan Keith Lockyer has been sacked after taking time off to search for him . |
| 3 | After a time the others go off to search for ‘ Smee ’ — but of course they do n't know who they are looking for . |
| 4 | Instead the rep went off to arrange for his boss to telephone Mr Humble later with a special offer , which turned out to be a costly special offer . |
| 5 | It 's off to work for 16 pupils of Kilton Thorpe Special School at Brotton , who are going all over Cleveland gaining work experience in a variety of jobs ranging from police work , superstore and shop workers , dog handling to children 's nurseries . |
| 6 | We went off to parade for lunch ; this meant ten minutes doing press-ups with the Corporal halting us in mid exercise so that we were poised between the ground and the arms-stretched position — as our limbs weakened so people started to slump and collapse , which resulted in kicks and blows . |
| 7 | And , once he had taken three months off to play for England in Australia , the rumour seemed to have died the death . |
| 8 | The following year , in May , I sneaked off to audition for Tiller without my mother 's knowledge . |
| 9 | The old man went on his way , and I put my bag on a supermarket trolley and wheeled it off to look for Mr Coary . |
| 10 | ‘ When he came out they said he 'd lost his mind so he went off to look for it and has n't been seen since . ’ |
| 11 | He went off to look for coffee . |
| 12 | He threw it in the trolley and went off to look for things Elinor did n't like . |
| 13 | Sarah watched for a few moments when the game began , then went off to look for her Nature treasures . |
| 14 | And she went off to look for Moominpappa to ask him to put up two more beds — very , very small ones . |
| 15 | Every year after the three-hours service on Good Friday , in which we choir boys were divided into three groups to lead the singing of the hymns , each group for an hour , a number of villagers went off to look for primroses in the hedgerows and woods . |
| 16 | I set off to look for Nigel — quite a long way down , as the staircases did n't connect and one had to walk the complete length of the first-floor gallery before descending the second . |
| 17 | After a frantic few minutes ' chase the skua realises this is n't going to be cost-effective and breaks off to look for something easier . |
| 18 | Peeling the shit-stained newspaper from the bottom of the cage , I emptied out the accumulated guano and went off to look for some fresh newspaper . |
| 19 | Only then does it run off to look for other food — elsewhere . |
| 20 | Has it gone off to look for Buck ? ’ |
| 21 | Sir Wilfrid went off to look for Tobermory . |
| 22 | Pete nodded and moved off to look for some more of Bob Ivie 's jungle juice , and Diane eased her way through into the ballroom . |
| 23 | She was as surprised as he was , and went off to look for some servants . |
| 24 | I thought I 'd have to take time off to look for somewhere to live , but , thanks to you , I can leave that till I 'm settled . |
| 25 | I mean yesterday after I had me dinner I dropped off to sleep for a couple of hours cos |
| 26 | Every few minutes , he would break off to apologise for his own cynicism . |
| 27 | The two of them are off to ride for Britain in the European championships … their first big international test … their time has come … |
| 28 | He made films like Sanders of the River ( 1935 ) and The Four Feathers ( 1939 ) , featuring courageous British aristocrats going off to fight for the British empire , not out of a sentimental admiration for those times , but because the Empire provided good stories , as Hollywood also found at the time . |
| 29 | Harry Fry , John Ross and Jimmy Rutherford , ordinary Scots who went off to fight for a cause in Spain and who were not to return . |
| 30 | Gary is now leading the series with three rounds to go … this week he 's off to race for the European Championship in Holland … |