Example sentences of "off across the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A burst of automatic fire up front and to our left brings the column to a halt as we then squat on the wet ground and watch the tracers shoot off across the night sky . |
| 2 | Many do so , and with their aeronautical skills improving visibly with every wingbeat , they set off across the sea , climbing steadily . |
| 3 | Sam ran off across the yard ; he did not appear for lunch . |
| 4 | Our visitors rose , said their farewells and walked off across the court again . |
| 5 | It is still early and you can drive out towards Apt and branch off across the Lubéron . |
| 6 | According to witnesses two of the alleged assailants made their escape together via the Docklands Light Railway , while another made off across the park . |
| 7 | He outlined his idea for a movie plot , which was basically the story of two Californian friends who decide to make a once-and-for-all fortune by selling a consignment of cocaine , and then setting off across the country for a marijuana-cum-motorbikes adventure . |
| 8 | He set off across the marble lake at a canter , with Helen panting behind . |
| 9 | he sleeps it off across the back seat |
| 10 | His looks said it all , and Jenna suppressed a smile and set off across the road to join him . |
| 11 | She stalked off across the road , her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line . |
| 12 | taking off across the road like that in front of a car . |
| 13 | But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet . |
| 14 | They set off across the square and as they were passing Florian 's , Julia said : |
| 15 | She pulled herself together and set off across the square . |
| 16 | He did a sprightly two-step , twirled , and was off across the lawn , shouting , ‘ Come on , Darken . |
| 17 | The two groups set off across the desert westwards towards Ghadames . |
| 18 | A whimbrel got up with its familiar tittering whistle and flew off across the sand-flats . |
| 19 | He strode off across the green to his home , leaving John fuming . |
| 20 | Lucker and I get a few beach items together and set off across the dunes towards the shimmering shore . |
| 21 | Rushing off across the moors he set off in pursuit of Tamara . |
| 22 | Then I 'd go striding off across the moors to get the both of us out of your hair for a bit , what do you say ? |
| 23 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 24 | On this occasion he ran off across the field , but was later arrested . |
| 25 | ‘ By making your legs do the work instead of your poor over-used mouth , ’ he returned drily , then set off across the field before she could reply . |
| 26 | After they 'd finished their lunch Valerie Stevens took her husband off across the field to where a little knot of donkeys were assembling to take part in the donkey derby , an important annual event at the OBEX Family Day . |
| 27 | When it had finished , it hared off across the garden as if it had done something clever . |
| 28 | Guido simply winked back at her and told Silvia with a smile , as he headed off across the garden , ‘ Be sure to show her the games room while you 're at it . |
| 29 | We decided to forget about the third canister and made off across the cornfield at speed , the jeep bouncing up and down on the very uneven surface . |
| 30 | " Quiss she began quietly , He shook his head , kicked the small chair he had been sitting on , and marched off across the squeaking , grating glass floor , heading for his own apartments , Before he left the games room for the short corridor which led to his rooms , he stopped by the side wall of the room , where more conventional paper and cardboard books lined the slate fabric of the castle — the masons ' lame attempt at insulation . |