Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] off for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 2 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 3 | I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe . |
| 4 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 5 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 6 | Realising that there was more snow on the way , she clenched her teeth and set off for the moors . |
| 7 | This is the beginning of the classic route to follow on a walking tour of Zurich , starting from the main railway station through the sophisticated poise of the Bahnhofstrasse and branching off for the Lindenhof . |
| 8 | I went out into Main Street and started off for the pier . |
| 9 | We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse . |
| 10 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 11 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |
| 12 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
| 13 | Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again . |
| 14 | He had burned his bridges in Hollywood and took off for the seclusion of Taos to hide away , his life having come to another dead end , cursed by his own self-destructiveness and sheer bad luck . |