Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] off for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio .
2 After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her .
3 FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour .
4 Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away .
5 Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate .
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