Example sentences of "[noun sg] and off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No more will they curse the need to haul luggage and children onto the London Underground and off at another station to catch their next train . |
| 2 | I was nearly run over in New Palace Yard after the vote by the surge of Jaguars roaring out of the carpark and off to the country for the weekend . |
| 3 | The final event and off to the kart racing . |
| 4 | Eventually , he was rewarded by the sight of Inspector Sammy Pike heading out of the library and off towards the gentlemen 's cloakroom . |
| 5 | That afternoon , while the same wind , now freshened , still blew across the island and off into the North Sea , Esmerelda and I went out as usual , and stopped off at the shed to pick up the dismantled kite . |
| 6 | Another engine change at Carlisle , No 37010 ex Cardiff Caerleon Depot and off down the WCML for the return trip - a long day , but after all the train took the strain ! |
| 7 | There is no need to leap straight out of bed and off to the doctor 's surgery to take advantage of the ‘ morning after ’ contraceptive pill . |
| 8 | With three blocks removed , it was just the right length for riding on at one end and off at the other . |
| 9 | ‘ All that Wordsworthian waffle , and then when you meet the people all they want to do is hop on the bus and off to the nearest bright lights . ’ |
| 10 | Four steps backwards — another curtsey and off to the other side where officials put the medal in a box and took back the hook ! |
| 11 | In the meantime , the sheep took off on cue and I could hear they had reached the Lion by the din coming from the main bar , I was put in a police van and off to the " cop-shop " ; when I took off my smock and the stupid hat there really was a frightened wing commander underneath . |
| 12 | ‘ Over the edge with the stiff , back to the house and off to her appointment . |
| 13 | Jane Postlethwaite went happily up the steps of the club house and off to the ladies ' room . |