Example sentences of "and [verb] off to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bundled him into the care and zoomed off to the nearby University Herbarium with a whole leaf of the plant . |
| 2 | Darlington was only the second date on the tour and got off to a bad start with a trip from Manchester through freezing fog arriving late and cold . |
| 3 | Duncan had been appalled to find that women had the vote ‘ down South ’ and got off to a shaky start in the motor trade when one of the local spivs conned him into thinking a Pina Colada was the latest model Ford built in Spain . |
| 4 | Barn owls used to breed in the hay bales but when these were shifted the birds objected and moved off to the nearby quarry . |
| 5 | I 'll tell you another thing , whatever the Spitting Images say about John he pays his money , he does n't grab his bermuda shorts and a wristwatch and fly off to the sunny islands . |
| 6 | At some point Kāli and I had stopped climbing and branched off to the left : but this was too narrow , an animal track . |
| 7 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
| 8 | ‘ The Newquay crowd just pose in Beetles covered in stickers and show off to the dodgy girls hanging around on Fistral beach , ’ opines Adam , who claims he 'd only visit the town to compete . |
| 9 | Up to 50 images can be stored at once and if that is not enough , you can always transfer the images to an Apple Powerbook to make more space — a bit of a culture shock for anyone used to filling up a camera bag with film and dashing off to the nearest photo lab . |
| 10 | Everyone in London was wondering why Guy left his fiancée on her own , and flew off to the Caribbean on the spur of the moment … ’ |
| 11 | Now there 's a little piece , can I mention a little piece in the local thing , there 's a little press release here which Robert produced and sent off to the local newspaper . |
| 12 | Buck got down in two for a par and strode off to the 18th tee two strokes in the lead . |
| 13 | Eventually a few candles were lit , the band started playing , the couples uncoupled and went off to the back room , and the party went on . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , fuck you ! ’ shouted Martin , and stomped off to the spare room . |
| 15 | Often they germinate well at this time of year , and will overwinter and get off to a good start next spring . |
| 16 | Disconsolately , we got back into the rickshaws and set off to the next address . |