Example sentences of "[v-ing] off to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greece and Cyprus stay hot and dry , but the Balkans and Turkey are cooling off to a nice temperature for hikers . |
| 2 | So , whilst this definition obviously includes jetting off to an exotic resort with a fortnight 's stay in a hotel , the definition also catches the hotel which offers an inclusive theatre weekend — one price covering the stay in the hotel and tickets for a show . |
| 3 | Whole rooms of the Turk 's Head were taken over by bits of fairground waiting for the revival that would send Uncle Titch and Grandad chortling off to the local branch of the Co-op . |
| 4 | Mind you the best ones would be by er those ones they 've been selling off to the highest offer . |
| 5 | And what do his parents think — him going off to a distant town with a stranger like you ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ She ca n't be going off to a big party before the Championship . |
| 7 | Do you remember many people going off to the Red Brigade ? |
| 8 | Up to 50 images can be stored at once and if that is not enough , you can always transfer the images to an Apple Powerbook to make more space — a bit of a culture shock for anyone used to filling up a camera bag with film and dashing off to the nearest photo lab . |
| 9 | We instantly felt the week was getting off to a good start , a feeling reinforced by waking up the following morning to new , slightly heavy snow . |
| 10 | Getting off to a great start with this major sale in the area gives ESP a strategic advantage as the most innovative products and service company in the submersible pump industry . |
| 11 | The large proportion of the impressions made to what they see , how they visualize you , so if you look a mess you 're backing on the wrong foot , you give , you 're getting off to a bad start straight away and be aware of hidden signals that you 'll give your emanating . |
| 12 | FAST-MOVING comic-strip spoof on US life and politics , Phoenix Beam 's cult American Eagle lands at Willesden Green Library Centre , 95 High Road , London NW10 ( tel : 01 451 0294 ) , December 15-16 , before zooming off to the Lyric Theatre , Hammersmith ( 01 641 2311 ) , with open workshops and signed performances for the deaf , Dec 19-Jan 13 . |
| 13 | ‘ Hey dad , that 's Vic Halom , ’ said a lad of about ten scurrying off to the big match . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll give it her back , ’ said Lee , running off to the far side of the orchard . |
| 15 | At length the big green truck arrived and we were bumping off to an anxious reception from Mrs. Anxious about her fragile porcelain , I should say . |