Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] be off [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So we were off to the races . |
| 2 | So it 's off with the number plates … forget next month 's world championships … here comes the thrill of the open road . |
| 3 | So it was off to the department stores of central London with a LASMO cheque to kit himself out with warm and waterproof clothes as a matter of some urgency . |
| 4 | Well Easter traditionally brings lots of sport , and tonight we 're off to the River Thames to preview one of the big events of the year , the University Boat Race . |
| 5 | British under 16 champion twice now he 's off to the European Championships … |
| 6 | Today we 're off to the charming isle of St Lucia where our winner and a friend will enjoy seven nights at the Le Sport Hotel , full board in a private air-conditioned room . |
| 7 | She treats us to her speciality sad gaze to camera , so we can see that rather society 's collapsing or her piles are hurting , and then we 're off to the next item . |
| 8 | erm Peter wants to tighten up on on on the business of erm carrying holidays over and I think he 's right , actually , erm and he also is using this opportunity to try to et us to plan our holidays as a group so that we 're not all off at the same time , or if it 's appropriate we should all be off a the same time then we 're off at the same time , but it 's erm common sense should prevail one way or another , but it would be a good idea if you could let me have erm a brief indication of any major times you plan to be away . |
| 9 | Then we were off down the hill . |
| 10 | And then they 're off to the next one . |
| 11 | ‘ Sometimes it does get me down , but I get over that and then it is off to the next place . ’ |
| 12 | Afghans recruited that morning at the market unload the bales … then it 's off into the night . |
| 13 | Then it 's off to the library , a detailed study of perhaps just one book and your heroine could be a sufficiently convincing expert . |
| 14 | Though he 's handed down management of the firm to his daughter Margaret , Cyril still spends each morning making sandwiches at the back of the shop … then it 's off to the bakery in nearby Wanborough in the afternoon . |
| 15 | And then he was off up the stairs with Wilson , panting behind , trying to fathom the significance of his relief . |
| 16 | Naturally I say , ‘ Hang on a minute ’ , and when I turn round she is off in the kitchen banging saucepans about . |
| 17 | Telling MPs why he was off to the ‘ icy wastes ’ of the backbenches , the ex-Fun Minister said he felt like Captain Oates — the member of Scott 's Antarctic expedition who walked out into the snow to die to give his companions a better chance of survival . |