Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] off for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I see coloured people in Porteneil , buying souvenirs or stopping off for a snack , I hope that they will ask me something so that I can show how polite I am and prove that my reasoning is stronger than my more crass instincts , or training . |
| 2 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 3 | ‘ He 'll be delighted to have a break and go off for a pint . |
| 4 | ‘ I hate my fat knees , ’ she said , and went off for a ten-mile hike . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |