Example sentences of "off up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meh'Lindi turned and raced off up a steel stairway . |
| 2 | At Kingsdale I stopped by the road and had a bite to eat before striking off up the fell to Whernside , following the wall that leads upwards towards the summit . |
| 3 | Connon nodded and set off up the drive . |
| 4 | ‘ Run , ’ Vitor instructed , and as Ashley obediently turned and headed off up the drive he sprinted beside her . |
| 5 | Before they set off up the beach , both bared white teeth in sudden , violent smiles . |
| 6 | Champion let Aldaniti take the last fence in his own time and then set off up the run-in which the jockey later described as ‘ the loneliest place in the world ’ . |
| 7 | And so it proved , for the horse with no chance was not going to accommodate the pundits now : Foinavon jumped the last two and set off up the run-in still twenty lengths to the good . |
| 8 | And the car took off up the North End Road before he 'd got the door shut . |
| 9 | Did she then grow impatient , and concerned at the pasty cooling in the wickerwork basket , lighted a candle and bravely set off up the tunnel determined that her daddy would have a hot meal ? |
| 10 | When Simon the Trapper parted from him on the great north ride the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist , dragged up his gown a score of inches to free the movement of his lower legs , re-tied his girdle tightly , wiped his hands on the none too clean garment and taking hold of his staff set off up the highway in pursuit of his sack , of Marian , and of the verderers . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm off up the pub , babes , ’ said Sandy , ruffling Dionne 's hair . |
| 12 | ‘ I can handle that , ’ he whispered fervently as he pushed past them and rushed off up the corridor . |
| 13 | The girls were wanting something done , partitioned off up the back or something for the draught coming under |
| 14 | I do n't — I just say thank you and goodbye , then I go off up the road . |
| 15 | Barry had gone off up the road on his bike . |
| 16 | All the time knowing that while I 'm round the back of a lorry he 's probably scarpered off up the road into limbo . |
| 17 | Scott was already stalking off up the road . |
| 18 | She flushed scarlet , hastily collected as much as she could carry and started off up the cliff path . |
| 19 | Fiver was off up the field like a hare . |
| 20 | We 've time to get off up the Garngad . ’ |
| 21 | Sitting back to enjoy the mid-morning sun the bobbin on the rod with corn on started jumping up to the butt and a quick strike saw the first fish of the session go screaming off up the lake . |
| 22 | But though she walked quickly towards the gate the two girls ran off up the lane . |
| 23 | ‘ I will look after Celia , ’ Liza replied , picking up the telephone , and the calm decisive way in which she handled the situation sent Edna running off up the lane with Bobby , without further demurrence . |
| 24 | Richard patted himself to see that he had some matches on him , a gesture which appealed to Nenna , and walked off up the Embankment to call a taxi . |
| 25 | She set off up the scarp , using juts and ledges as a diagonal staircase to take her on a course that would bring her close to Johannsen when they both reached the top of the incline . |
| 26 | After a great struggle , I frog-marched her into oilskins and over-trousers , fitted the outboard and set off up the loch , perspiring . |
| 27 | Mavis and Walter , pretending ‘ their horse 's welfare meant more to them than eating ’ , set off up the train to eat in the racegoers ' dining car , and so did Angelica , ‘ too upset to sit down ’ . |
| 28 | After what seemed an age , Rubber Feet moved off towards what they call the Lavatory Tower ( not what it sounds like ) , Leather Feet must have figured I 'd gone inside the Cath because he pattered off up the steps , which of course meant the end of all hopes of returning to my refuge via the Crypt . |
| 29 | The car went off up the drift as many times Goblander had gone . |
| 30 | As Mary came running out of the front door it moved off up the drift towards the wood . |