Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] off for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
| 2 | We headed off for the north-east facing slopes of La Masse , hoping to find the best snow . |
| 3 | Two cyclists seemed fair game to these pissed idiots so we took off for the hills , only a small range but , we were to discover , quite beautiful . |
| 4 | He shot off for the bungalow and a private phone . |
| 5 | Checking his watch , he set off for the hilltop once more . |
| 6 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 7 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 8 | The aircraft-carrier Clemenceau , though it set off for the Gulf and its movements were followed initially by Le Monde , returned to Toulon in October after a 55-day voyage . |