Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] off to the " in BNC.
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1 | I think just the fact that my wife knew what was going on , and knew the problems exactly you know , they had their own meetings and the food parcels that they could organize , you know I would n't have a clue how to go about it , the fact that various shops refused to have collection points inside , and they wrote off to the management of these shops and got that changed . |
2 | He arranged an abortion which went wrong and they went off to the South of France to recuperate . |
3 | She ran , jumped on her girlfriend 's motorbike and they roared off to the house in the middle of the ricefields where they were staying , the bike slewing around in panic . |
4 | Children from the local primary school cycled the path to attend the ceremony , but when Walter and Ted started reminiscing about bike rides to Newcastle in the 1920's , their patience ran out and they scampered off to the village hall for their free tea ! |
5 | Endill told him the plan so far , and they headed off to the sick bay , Mr Litmus taking his pile of notes with him . |