Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] off for " in BNC.
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1 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
2 | Shall I send off for that ? |
3 | ‘ Bless my soul , ’ said Calatin in a deep rumbling voice , ‘ bless my soul , I believe I dropped off for a while . |
4 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
5 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
6 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
7 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
8 | I set off for Duxford cursing . |
9 | After dropping Martin and Lucy off at Vidlin , I set off for home . |
10 | And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match … |
11 | ‘ On March 19 and I set off for Birmingham and a hotel close to the airport . |
12 | Everyone knows that in fact you can get organised — so — leaving the family , animals and business I set off for Avery Hill College . |
13 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
14 | A tricky wind was blowing on to the anchorage and what with snakes and the prospect of getting wet I lay off for lunch . |
15 | Kathleen and I went off for some lunch and we then went to have a look at the castle . |
16 | Eventually the dinner broke up and Claud , Roger Hollis and I went off for a pub-crawl which after sundry indecorous adventures ended up at the Hypocrites where another blind was going on . |
17 | No it was our summer holiday , I went off for two weeks , when I came back Paula was off for a month . |
18 | I sent off for mine last week — I 'm sort of hoping that they wo n't have posted them yet so it may be worth ringing up to try and cancel . |
19 | A dress I , I sent off for two sizes , I 'm glad I did now because I thought you know that the small one would be okay for them , but it 's not , there 's the hat |
20 | It was a little confusing to find ourselves setting off for the summits of the Viluyos barely an hour after the decision to do so . |
21 | As far as chartered accountant trainees are concerned , Mr Jones argues , ‘ you have all the aggravation of training them on high salaries and the disruption to a small office with their going off for long periods of study leave , and at the end you do n't keep them . |
22 | A UN convoy which set off for Srebrenica yesterday was turned back by Serbian police backed up by an armoured car . |
23 | There was a brief recovery with a 3–1 home win over Fulham , Ellison scoring with a superb chip for one of the goals , but McCarrison blotted his copybook by getting himself sent off for retaliation after scoring one of the goals . |
24 | Celia , having taken an extra sleeping-pill on his insistence , did not wake , and he himself dozed off for half an hour . |
25 | ‘ Please do n't bother , ’ he said nervously , envisaging himself carried off for criminal libel . |
26 | Did you send off for it ? |
27 | How long ago did you send off for it ? |
28 | You come back here with Rex Mundi on board , and if that is n't disaster enough , you stop off for lunch , he escapes and the Volvo gets stolen with the entire Presley hoard along with it . |
29 | ‘ She leads him a right dance , ’ the nans would say , during their daily exchange of news and analysis in the queue at the butcher 's , until finally she danced off for good and all and left him with his mother and his clapped-out BSA and his jars of Brylcreem and his collection of 78 records and a lifetime 's cumulation of unarticulated resentments . |
30 | ‘ Are you heading off for a dirty weekend with the managing director ? ’ |