Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] off for [art] " 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 | ‘ He 'll be delighted to have a break and go off for a pint . |
| 3 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 4 | I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe . |
| 5 | Sometimes he left the food , leaned into the wind and took off for a while , to circle and check that no Men were about . |
| 6 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Realising that there was more snow on the way , she clenched her teeth and set off for the moors . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I went out into Main Street and started off for the pier . |
| 11 | I collect a dozen or so from the dewy grass in the early morning and set off for a few hours ' chubbing , knowing I am going to catch several fish , providing , of course , the weather and water conditions are favourable . |
| 12 | We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse . |
| 13 | The next day we hired a Panda auto and nipped off for a game of golf , it had been rather warm and on returning Sonya suggested I remove my cerise tweeds and let my cornet Kascade down . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
| 16 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 17 | Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again . |
| 18 | THREE or four times a month a Royal Bank lorry laden with 4 tonnes of waste paper pulls out of Drummond House and sets off for a paper mill in Fife . |
| 19 | 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 . |