Example sentences of "[verb] off to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greece and Cyprus stay hot and dry , but the Balkans and Turkey are cooling off to a nice temperature for hikers . |
| 2 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
| 3 | The class had seen their friends carried off to a certain death . |
| 4 | I sometimes head off to a certain place . |
| 5 | On Friday George Tinsley and John Warnock , of The North Yorkshire Brewing Company , are jetting off to a trade fair in Tokyo to promote the pride and joy of Teesside 's real ale enthusiasts . |
| 6 | The troops , expecting to be ‘ home by Christmas ’ after a few gallant cavalry charges , held an impressive open air church parade in the Recreation Field and in late August the town gave a lively send off to a detachment of the ‘ Kings Own ’ . |
| 7 | Responsibility for various specific public services is hived off to a range of special agencies , though in each case ultimate responsibility for policy lies with one of the central departments . |
| 8 | Her husband , who has been ill recently , was hustled off to a chair in the corner . |
| 9 | Miserably aware that the evening had lurched off to a regrettable start , Shannon fell into step beside him , irritated still further when she caught the receptionist 's knowing smirk at the sight of them walking out together . |
| 10 | You will be whisked off to a photographer 's studio for a photo session where a top hairdresser , make-up artist and fashion stylist will be waiting to give you a fabulous makeover . |
| 11 | After breakfast in the hotel , Louisa was whisked off to a London Studio to meet photographer Paul Mitchell and the styling team . |
| 12 | Still painfully relieved that he was not to be made an unwanted orphan and bundled off to a Home , Frankie left the room without a word . |
| 13 | While Liz was nibbling pistachio nuts , surveying dominions , Shirley , hot , red and angry ( but not appearing to be angry ) was listening yet once more to her mother-in-law 's description of her digestive system and what the doctor had said about the swelling of her legs , a commentary which followed closely upon her complaints about the absence of her two older grandchildren who had ( in Shirley 's view very wisely ) buggered off to a disco at Maid Marian 's Nitespot . |
| 14 | And it sailed off to a island that it came to . |
| 15 | She came off to a reasonable round . |
| 16 | By the time he came off to a huge ovation , Essex were dawdling along at 99-3 off 36 overs . |
| 17 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |
| 18 | Despite this happy event , the marriage seemingly got off to a rocky start . |
| 19 | It got off to a hairy start with several heated discussions about what a wild boar is . |
| 20 | Shell , who succeeded Mike Shanahan last week , got off to a winning start thanks to the safety , Eddie Anderson , who returned an interception 87 yards for the winning touchdown early in the fourth quarter . |
| 21 | It seemed a near miracle that it got off to a relatively smooth start , politically speaking , in 1921–2 . |
| 22 | Mr Major got off to a stickier start with President Mitterrand , who neglected to tell him about the Gulf peace plan that France was about to launch in mid-January . |
| 23 | Botham 's 57 was top score , so at least his captaincy got off to a bright start . |
| 24 | Fowler and Broad then got off to a good start with 90 for the first wicket before things began to go wrong . |
| 25 | Yet he got off to a good start against New Zealand , and no one in England could have been in any doubt that even without Lloyd around their heroes were in for a tough time . |
| 26 | If the one-day series was then to prove one-sided for years to come , at least it got off to a good start . |
| 27 | At Edgbaston , West Indies got off to a good start as the first wicket produced 34 runs in just six overs , but three fell cheaply and it was left to Logie and Hooper to make fifty apiece and give the innings its backbone . |
| 28 | The election campaign also got off to a poor start . |
| 29 | Because of the condition of the ramp , action this year got off to a slow start with the ramp 's resurfacing being the prime objective . |
| 30 | Wednesday , 28th August , 1839 , the first day of the Tournament , got off to a good start with a bright sun shining from a clear blue sky and the temperature high . |