Example sentences of "[verb] off into the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all head off into the bloody storm , and then this whole horror comic gets sorted out when we 're back in the real world . |
| 2 | It 's not only the alcohol that 's suffered from self-enforced cutbacks : the Franks ( ironically enough ) used to be a Martini band — any gig , any town , any night , they 'd pack their guitars and socks and head off into the Tranzophobic sunset , until exhaustion fully reared its head and the heart decided that home was definitely the place to be . |
| 3 | The first problem occurred when they left the road and moved off into the open desert . |
| 4 | How can the Minister justify the attempt to sell off into the private sector , just a matter of weeks before a general election , what most Londoners rightly regard as the proper seat of London 's government ? |
| 5 | I push off into the bright sunshine , and across the playground . |
| 6 | Its 80-kilometre , elliptical layout is designed to carry water for six million Londoners to strategically placed pump shafts , from which it can be drawn off into the local network . |
| 7 | It was not everyone who would have relished going off into the dark forest ; Lugh did not relish it at all , in fact . |
| 8 | There was a flourish of the saxophone , a twirl and a curtsy from Rose , a rise and a bow from Bernie and a scatter of faint applause from what seemed a very distant audience , and then there were Rose and Bernie almost on top of her , snarling at each other about something , going off into the darkened wings arguing at the top of their voices . |
| 9 | As the sopranos of the WI soared off into the upper atmosphere he began to feel for the first time that this Christmas had meaning . |
| 10 | He turned his back to her and walked off into the open-plan living-room , with its huge glass patio doors that led on to the front garden . |
| 11 | We go up the hill on the toboggans and you 're meant to use your brakes and one of us did , and we just went flying off into the raging snow . |
| 12 | Or shovelled off into the Old Folks like me . |
| 13 | He jumped the queue at the ticket counter — his stub realized $I8- but he went on standing there in line , his head babyishly lolling with impatience , before he peeled off into the store-flanked tunnels . |
| 14 | She looked back towards the fig tree and saw that the toad had lumbered off into the tangled garden , perhaps to rejoin its tormentor . |
| 15 | The first Phoenix King made no response , merely climbed onto the back of Indraugnir and flew off into the dreadful night . |
| 16 | Derek stumbled off into the nearest clump of vegetation and disturbed three petrified rabbits . |
| 17 | Three or four dropped into the darkness and choc ice wrappers , dead ; a few fluttered aimlessly to rest around us ; some took off into the vast space above . |
| 18 | When , glancing off into the wide fluorescence , |
| 19 | The problem is , as each head hits the ground it bursts into a thousand little crabs that go skittering off into the far reaches of my body . |
| 20 | What I saw was principally field upon field rolling off into the far distance . |
| 21 | A friend treated her to a pukkah drinks-dispensing butler who asked if he might make a personal remark before teetering off into the small hours . |
| 22 | A vignette is an illustration without border or frame , the picture shading off into the surrounding paper . |
| 23 | move off into the moving concourse of people |
| 24 | Eventually , when the howling had subsided and the jackals had sloped off to the forest , the dogs would come back in , or they 'd wander off into the frosty night and not return until morning . |
| 25 | At least one species of African bushbaby , for example , cups its hands and urinates upon them before setting off into the African night . |
| 26 | After another mile or so , Ellwood saw them pull off into the gated driveway of a hotel . |
| 27 | Picture them , Tabitha Jute and Marco Metz , as they walk out across the spaceport tarmac this chilly Schiaparelli evening , to climb aboard the not-quite-redeemed Alice and take off into the Martian sky , bound on a journey that will take them to Plenty — and far , far beyond . |
| 28 | If you want to head off into the higher mountains , cross-country skiing is n't the best sport for children : the effort , though not strenuous , is constant , and children under ten could tire if asked to ski for longer than a half-day . |