Example sentences of "and [vb past] off for the [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 | I went out into Main Street and started off for the pier . |
3 | He had burned his bridges in Hollywood and took off for the seclusion of Taos to hide away , his life having come to another dead end , cursed by his own self-destructiveness and sheer bad luck . |
4 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
5 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
6 | Miaow , thought Jenny as young Curtis stood up awkwardly and set off for the bar , turning after a couple of steps to ask , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
7 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |
8 | We got some torches together and set off for the graveyard . |
9 | We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | He bounded over the thirteenth and fourteenth and set off for the Chair , that huge open ditch which forms the biggest obstacle on the course . |
12 | He got up and dressed as though in a trance , and set off for the Castle with the hangdog look of a condemned man . |
13 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |