Example sentences of "[verb] off to the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The drummer gave a few bangs on his big drum , the accordionist struck up a lively tune and the procession moved off to the first house . |
2 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
3 | The three players walked off to the next tee . |
4 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
5 | Dispatch contains the sense of ’ , ‘ to get on with something ’ , haste , and also ‘ to do away with ’ , to polish off , to send off to the next life . |
6 | If she then plays 3 rounds of Spades trumping in dummy and proceeds to knock out the Ace of Clubs , East can simply hold off to the third round and then lead a Diamond . |
7 | Buck got down in two for a par and strode off to the 18th tee two strokes in the lead . |
8 | He was a miner and he went off to the First World War and got killed . |
9 | Disconsolately , we got back into the rickshaws and set off to the next address . |