Example sentences of "[verb] off [to-vb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the man raised no objections to a search and had dashed off to keep an appointment , leaving the police to their work . |
| 2 | But if , by any chance , the reporter 's wife or husband also happens to be an Environmental Health Officer somewhere else , and happens to know that he or she is going off to do an interview , and say , ‘ Hey . |
| 3 | ‘ What nonsense , Jane , rushing off to visit an old lady who has never loved you ! |
| 4 | She broke off to acknowledge an old man trudging by : ‘ Good day to you , Mr Ivey ! |
| 5 | The CO broke off to frown an inquiry at his Adjutant . |
| 6 | Edward had gone off to see an editor at the BBC ; he wanted to talk about a project on the Third World , and the boy was at school . |
| 7 | Sister explained to me , ‘ The poor old dear 's in a fine twitter as she thought the bus was stopping , not starting — ’ Sister shot off to meet an anxious young woman with a baby in her arms and a small tearful boy hanging on to her skirt . |
| 8 | After much remonstrating during which I was told very kindly and politely that there was no problem , till I felt like tearing my hair out , I was sent to sit in a corner ( just a woman you see ) and Mr Fleming was ushered off to meet an official , rush off somewhere and come back with a piece of paper which was duly stamped , passport returned , and off we went to meet our contact , who explained in a jocular fashion that I was the problem . |
| 9 | You simply undo two screws at the front and the top slides off to reveal an 8-bit Soundblaster card , tucked into one of the three 16-bit expansion slots . |