Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] off to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A presidential decree , reported in full in Rossiskaya gazeta of June 18 , allowed state enterprises which failed to pay their debts to the state and to private creditors within three months to be declared bankrupt and either liquidated or auctioned off to the highest bidder for a limited period of time for independent management ( the new managers to be treated as owners , but debarred from dismissing more than 30 per cent of the work force ) . |
| 2 | I bundled him into the care and zoomed off to the nearby University Herbarium with a whole leaf of the plant . |
| 3 | Barn owls used to breed in the hay bales but when these were shifted the birds objected and moved off to the nearby quarry . |
| 4 | I 'll tell you another thing , whatever the Spitting Images say about John he pays his money , he does n't grab his bermuda shorts and a wristwatch and fly off to the sunny islands . |
| 5 | At some point Kāli and I had stopped climbing and branched off to the left : but this was too narrow , an animal track . |
| 6 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
| 7 | ‘ The Newquay crowd just pose in Beetles covered in stickers and show off to the dodgy girls hanging around on Fistral beach , ’ opines Adam , who claims he 'd only visit the town to compete . |
| 8 | Up to 50 images can be stored at once and if that is not enough , you can always transfer the images to an Apple Powerbook to make more space — a bit of a culture shock for anyone used to filling up a camera bag with film and dashing off to the nearest photo lab . |
| 9 | Everyone in London was wondering why Guy left his fiancée on her own , and flew off to the Caribbean on the spur of the moment … ’ |
| 10 | Now there 's a little piece , can I mention a little piece in the local thing , there 's a little press release here which Robert produced and sent off to the local newspaper . |
| 11 | Buck got down in two for a par and strode off to the 18th tee two strokes in the lead . |
| 12 | Eventually a few candles were lit , the band started playing , the couples uncoupled and went off to the back room , and the party went on . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , fuck you ! ’ shouted Martin , and stomped off to the spare room . |
| 14 | Disconsolately , we got back into the rickshaws and set off to the next address . |