Example sentences of "off to her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jay had asked her over to show her off to her four oldest friends . |
| 2 | She lumbered out of bed , reached for the too recently removed dressing-gown and took herself off to her bathroom . |
| 3 | Meanwhile Phoebe had taken a shower , found some clean knickers , mounted her bicycle and ridden off to her appointment at the clinic . |
| 4 | Rather more in line with British cinema 's future disdain for anyone outside the middle classes is Williamson 's Two Little Waifs ( 1905 ) , in which two adult gypsies are left to the flames while their daughter is carried off to her convalescence in a suburban garden . |
| 5 | The ‘ passion ’ of the family is Mrs Miniver , A Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who makes an intense fuss of all visitors when they first arrive , and then slopes off to her chair to continue an interrupted sleep ! |
| 6 | Mother Bombie 's last words before she took herself off to her own quarters had been , ‘ Rose — shift over . |
| 7 | Surely she would have worn it to show off to her relatives . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm terribly sorry , ’ Angela apologised to Jessica , who was just hurrying off to her Patrol meeting . |
| 9 | The poor girl had gone off to her camp before she had formulated any hypotheses ; she had no idea as to what theory or concepts her work was to throw new light on , and so , to be on the safe side , she had recorded everything she could think of over a period of about six weeks and her notebooks practically filled a medium-sized suitcase . |
| 10 | Corbett , surprised by the venom and malicious hatred in the woman 's eyes , hurriedly stepped away and watched as Yolande swirled off to her cabin . |
| 11 | She will then go off to her own burrow or will lie rough in ground vegetation until reopening the stop for feeding purposes . |
| 12 | I gather your nursemaid has taken her off to her own home today . ’ |
| 13 | After some hesitation she agreed , and taking my hand we went off to her young man 's house . |
| 14 | And she moved off to her own prayers . |
| 15 | She treated him as a malnourished curiosity , swooping down on him with tender cluckings , and seductive titbits — a crab claw , a lychee , a chocolate truffle — asking him to describe God , or Heaven , or sin , treating him as a confessional , trying to dress him up as a cardinal , showing him off to her friends . |
| 16 | And eventually I convinced her — or anyway caused her to throw up her hands in rage and dismissal and stamp off to her cabin . |
| 17 | ‘ Could you tell us what we 're supposed to wear , so I can drag Miss Loudmouth here off to her boudoir ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Over the edge with the stiff , back to the house and off to her appointment . |
| 19 | Sister Dew scuttled off to her own house , which was at the as yet unfashionable end of the terrace and Mark hurried along the short distance to the vicarage . |
| 20 | She received a charming welcome from Monique Lavaux , and a boisterous one from Marie-Christine , who promptly dragged her off to her room to see the wedding dress she was making for herself , in fold after fold of shimmering ivory brocade . |
| 21 | We seemed to have gone past talking to each other and one day Gabrielle took the children off to her parents and just did n't come back . ’ |
| 22 | It was a relief when she dashed off to her next call . |
| 23 | So she dashed off to her room and came back with a piece of underwear that I had certainly never seen before . |
| 24 | Leonora was heartily glad to wave her off to her party . |