Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that she 's gone you wo n't always be saying that you 're off to the pictures with her . |
| 2 | ( WES ) But first its sport … its the football season … so we 're off to the Manor Ground to join Tim Russon |
| 3 | When Minton first met him he had already discovered Soho and , whilst telling his opera-singer mother that he was off to the Science Museum , would take the tube to Tottenham Court Road to wash dishes in the Budapest run by Victor Sassie ( later the proprietor of the Gay Hussar ) . |
| 4 | Town jobs are easier and make more money , so it is off to the north and let the country go hang . |
| 5 | I have got to the stage where I totally dislike them , so it is off to the opticians next week . |
| 6 | Then Waters hit me on the shoulder and I was off across the paddock concentrating on the spot where Werewolf had suddenly vanished into the trees . |
| 7 | Yes I 'm glad in a way , I suppose , though I 'll still never see you if you 're off to the provinces to entertain the troops , damn their eyes . |
| 8 | If you 're off to the Cov game , look out for us in 's Porsche . |
| 9 | And we 're off to the States to join the NYPD for fun . |
| 10 | … welcome back … later on we 'll meet the ex con who 's doing time treading the boards … but first … sport and we 're off to the sunshine of Australia … to the heart of the outback to join Tim Russon |
| 11 | Julian 's changed his shirt again and we 're off on the most challenging trip of this home recording trilogy . |
| 12 | I put on my kilt , picked up my bagpipes , clambered aboard the truck , and we were off to the beach . |
| 13 | A brief halt at the Military Police Post to book out with the Belgian Military Policeman on duty , and they are off along the main road into Corlu . |
| 14 | Then you get so drunk that he steals your cab and he 's off on the loose once more . ’ |
| 15 | Well you took all this sort of things in your stride but the next day we heard about these houses being knocked down , you see , and I think that 's the nearest I 've been to be killed but one day , one Saturday and that was in a daylight raid , one Saturday afternoon because , you see , I was off every afternoon but I worked till ten every night , you see , and er so erm but of course Hugh worked during the day and he was off in the evening , that 's why he used to come down to see , to see us and er he used to come in er you see and leave his lodgings and , oh be about nine o'clock and he spent the last day up there perhaps with his friends , have a chat , and er , you see , and but er and I was walking along it was called and suddenly a plane came over and I thought oh I expect it 's one of ours . |
| 16 | And it 's off through the directories now . |
| 17 | A quick dust , to get rid of the cobwebs , and it 's off to the track , adrenalin pumping , because that time has come for the first track workout of the summer . |
| 18 | Bumpety , bump and it 's off to the dump , I hum inside my head . |
| 19 | Until he is off with the old , he can not be on with the new . |
| 20 | But we 're off up the stairs . |
| 21 | Ye do n't think ye get long holidays because when you 're off from the school you 're still doing other things connected with it , making up timetables and all that . |
| 22 | And when she 's off on the piste she 'll doubtless miss the Press lads following her around calling her an idle good-for-nothing . |
| 23 | The main consideration in gaining a clear conscience is that we work out the wording carefully in advance as the prodigal son did when he was off in the far country . |