Example sentences of "i [verb] off to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I chatted with her while I weighed the potatoes , then I moved off to the wines and spirits section . |
| 2 | I moved off to the PGA caravan to have words with Sally about our tentative arrangement for dinner at her flat . |
| 3 | Having admired the kingly tomb and added the name ‘ O'Connor ’ to my list of families who might accept the Irish throne , I wandered off to the Abbey Hotel . |
| 4 | I waited for twenty minutes , and the numbers advanced only to three hundred and ninety-three , so I wandered off to the station newsagent 's to look at girlie magazines . |
| 5 | I turned off to the right through the row of trees , and just as I was meandering past thy rhododendrons I shouted , ‘ Hell and damnation ! ’ |
| 6 | I turned off to the right . |
| 7 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
| 8 | I continued for fifty minutes , alienating the audience more with every gag , until I walked off to the sound of my own footsteps . |
| 9 | I remember thinking how white and cold and still her face looked , without the breeze of thought or sentience , as I stumbled off to the tumult of the ramp . |
| 10 | Well , summer is well and truly with us — though as I write I ca n't decide whether to pack my industrial strength waterproofs or my total block sun cream when I go off to the Peak District this weekend . |
| 11 | I went off to the doctors , she said I had and I was upset |
| 12 | But on his advice I went off to the optician and ended up wearing glasses . |
| 13 | He retired to his basket in a huff and I went off to the supermarket in a quandary . |
| 14 | I dozed off to the sound of their voices droning through the warm afternoon . |