Example sentences of "he [verb] off in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He headed off in the direction of the kitchen , and she made a feeble effort to straighten her leg , wincing in pain . |
| 2 | U-turning , he drove off in the direction of the distant city , without so much as another backward glance . |
| 3 | They gazed with a covetousness at the scarf around his throat , the socks under his boots , the pants he stripped off in the Bath house , wanted to hold and feel the texture of the garments of a stranger . |
| 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 | I mean he started off in the Met er did his training and everything and then I think he 's up here somewhere now . |
| 6 | When he broke off in the middle of the sentence , she glanced up at him curiously and was completely taken by surprise when he pulled her into his arms and kissed her . |
| 7 | He went off in the direction of some green doors that bore the legend ‘ Narcissus Clothing ’ , muttering , ‘ That 'll do , that 'll do . ’ |
| 8 | He went off in the direction of the river and the dark bulk of the flatboat . |
| 9 | ‘ Tuesday was the day he went off in the van and came back with a bruised face ; presumably you 've got a record of the people he called on that day ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Lara had played just where he left off in the World Cup , where he was comfortably the leading West Indian run-scorer with 333 at 47 . |