Example sentences of "[pron] be off to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jane and I are off to Italy — a photographic assignment — otherwise we would have held onto them a while longer . |
| 2 | After the meeting of the Cabinet held that same Sunday evening , when it became apparent that agreement could not be reached on the economy package , MacDonald , on his way to the palace , told Sir Ernest Harvey , the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand . ' |
| 3 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she said , ‘ I am off to the pub . |
| 4 | Had he not left them the night before , exclaiming : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand ’ ? |
| 5 | Though I 'm off to Singapore on Wednesday . |
| 6 | I 'm off to Boulogne-sur-Mer with Rosita , Keith , Brian and Sue . |
| 7 | If there 's anything at all promising I 'm off to Deptford . ’ |
| 8 | ( Aloud ) : Well , goodnight , I 'm off to bed . |
| 9 | I 'm off to camp . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm off to Pirbright next week for Officer Cadet training . ’ |
| 11 | BOW-TIED wine buff , self-importantly , to long-suffering acquaintance : ‘ I 'm off to Bordeaux for Easter . ’ |
| 12 | BOW-TIED wine buff , self-importantly , to long-suffering acquaintance : ‘ I 'm off to Bordeaux for Easter . ’ |
| 13 | At a time ( 1944 ) when one 's acquaintances were casually saying ‘ I 'm off to the US to work on the atomic bomb ’ ( surely a gross breach of security ) I think Bernal was carefully insulated . |
| 14 | I 'm off to bed . ’ |
| 15 | Now they 've lifted the ban on my going abroad , I 'm off to Argentina next month to squander his millions on some really good ponies . ’ |
| 16 | This kind of thinking has n't featured in election campaigning , so though friends warn me that I 'll be submerged in a great placid pool of meditation , I 'm off to Dartington to gather a few hints on the ideas that ought to guide our future . |
| 17 | Personally , I 'm off to the chemist to buy myself a bottle of Gee 's Linctus ( active ingredient ; tincture of opium ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Go where you like , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm off to the moon . ’ |
| 19 | I 'M OFF TO GAZZA |
| 20 | I no more say who I am in this case than I say I 'm off to my wife 's right in the lost-in-cloud case . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm off to the shops next , I 'll bring you a cup of tea on my way . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm off to bed , ’ he announced . |
| 23 | About-to-be-ex-Lit-Ed , actually , come early January ( I 'm off to the Independent Magazine , which , although it 's the most literary colour supplement in town , does not and will not run book reviews ) ; but while there is a breath of bookish discernment left in my body , I suggest the following thoughts about the spring lists . |
| 24 | I 'm off to grass and there to stay ! |
| 25 | In five days I 'm off to Scandinavia , and that should be a new thing . ’ |
| 26 | I 've a heavy afternoon ahead , and I 'm off to Paris tomorrow — by parachute if they ca n't get me in by any other method . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm off to bed , Betty . |
| 28 | ‘ Right , that 's all , I 'm off to bed now . |
| 29 | I 'm off to Scotland … just Em and me . |
| 30 | I 'm off to my bed now . |