Example sentences of "[vb past] off for [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 2 | After the celebrations were over , the couple took off for a honeymoon retreat in Asia . |
| 3 | ‘ I hate my fat knees , ’ she said , and went off for a ten-mile hike . |
| 4 | She was spending the night with him before he went off for a walking weekend in Derbyshire . |
| 5 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 6 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 7 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 8 | At matches he had to be watched like a hawk in case he wriggled out of his headcollar , and set off for the tea tent , where his doleful yellow face and black-ringed eyes could coax sandwiches and cake out of the most stony-hearted waitress . |
| 9 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 10 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 11 | A COUPLE who left their two children ‘ Home Alone ’ while they jetted off for a sunshine Christmas holiday were being questioned by police last night . |