Example sentences of "off in the direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 2 | She climbed onto the bike and set off in the direction from which she had come , gathering speed as she descended . |
| 3 | We moved off in the direction of the crossroads , the scene of yesterday 's action . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're not fucking likely to get that ! were Sid 's last words as he walked off in the direction of the latrine . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't fancy marching in this heat , ’ remarked the driver as he started up the engine and we sped off in the direction of the Orne bridges . |
| 6 | We put our litter back into our rucksacks as all the bins were full to overflowing , and Elinor and Otley set off in the direction of Fair Hill where all the caravans were resting . |
| 7 | Disappointingly , the policemen took no notice of the blood , but drove off in the direction the robbers had taken , with what result I can not say . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's all I can tell you at the moment , ’ Mould smiled secretively and ran off in the direction of Mr Fractor 's classroom . |
| 9 | When , after some twenty minutes , the Inspector had failed to arrive , Golby set off in the direction from which he anticipated Drewitt would appear , after his meet with PC Shorter at the turnpike at Folly Crossroads . |
| 10 | Anyway , Hamnett , it must have been , walked off in the direction indicated and did n't return . |
| 11 | ‘ Have a nice time , and behave yourselves , ’ he concluded , and walked off in the direction of the garden . |
| 12 | It was also Canon Stringer who started Kate off in the direction of old-fashioned double primroses and auriculas . |
| 13 | We banged off the last roll of film recording our epic journey of discovery before setting off in the direction of Charles de Gaulle Airport . |
| 14 | Position markers of mother-of-pearl are inlaid offset in the rosewood , and their diminutive size once again departs from the traditional and scurries off in the direction of the new , though there 's garish or clumsy about them . |
| 15 | If you roll an arrow the Goblin Doom Diver has missed and veered off in the direction indicated by the arrow . |
| 16 | If you roll an arrow then the missile veers off in the direction indicated . |
| 17 | If you roll an arrow then the missile veers off in the direction indicated . |
| 18 | He gave my passport to the Corporal who put it into his pocket , then we got into the car and drove off in the direction of Lille . |
| 19 | Workers observing it and about to leave on their own foraging , immediately fly off in the direction indicated . |
| 20 | The Doctor pointed along the corridor , and set off in the direction indicated . |
| 21 | He likes these contacts with the more substantial world and happily hurries off in the direction of his stationery shop and fax bureau , where I know he will encounter many difficulties . |
| 22 | He put my felonious body in the stocks of his arm and led me off in the direction of what passed for a garden at Sussex , a series of brick-edged parallelograms that could n't have looked more artificial if they had been planted with cathode-ray tubes , instead of hardy perennials . |
| 23 | He went off in the direction of some green doors that bore the legend ‘ Narcissus Clothing ’ , muttering , ‘ That 'll do , that 'll do . ’ |
| 24 | He touched the American 's elbow and moved off in the direction of a single Ming vase standing on a pedestal nearby . |
| 25 | Without waiting for Chuck he strode off in the direction taken by the herd , and halfway across the grassland he let out a roar and dropped to his knees . |
| 26 | So that when they sit facing each other on either side of their fire-place , both grins take off in the direction of the mantelpiece , as if drawn by the draught . |
| 27 | She walked briskly out of the station , and set off in the direction of Bayswater , stopping every hundred yards or so to put down her dark blue Revelation suitcase ( a Christmas present from her parents ) and change hands . |
| 28 | He went off in the direction of the river and the dark bulk of the flatboat . |
| 29 | When Fardine whistled the birds shot off in the direction of the Jama Masjid ; another whistle and they returned . |
| 30 | Julia shot off in the direction of the tack room . |