Example sentences of "[pers pn] be off [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | At a time ( 1944 ) when one 's acquaintances were casually saying ‘ I 'm off to the US to work on the atomic bomb ’ ( surely a gross breach of security ) I think Bernal was carefully insulated . |
2 | ‘ I 'm off to the US next week and then I am doing an extended tour of the US and Canada . |
3 | Otherwise , I say get Tim Kennedy on there — you 're off to the Blackburn game are n't you Tim ? |
4 | They 'll be convinced you 're off to the Lake District today . |
5 | If you 're off to the Cov game , look out for us in 's Porsche . |
6 | ( WES ) But first its sport … its the football season … so we 're off to the Manor Ground to join Tim Russon |
7 | Now the weather this week has turned every game into a water sport … but for our Friday feature we 're off to the Cotswold Water Park for the real thing |
8 | And we 're off to the States to join the NYPD for fun . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | So for our Friday Feature we 're off to the Cowley Stadium in Oxford for a night at the dogs |
11 | They 're off in the Bury 20 |
12 | They were off to the Nile to seek a new life , |
13 | So after a last minute practise session on the open road it 's off to the Aylesbury test centre … no chequered flag in prospect but the possible thrill of discarding those rather embarassing Learner plates for the world 's best . |