Example sentences of "[vb past] off [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theodora and the Major moved off to collect the horses from the loose boxes at the north end of the yard . |
| 2 | In time , however , she rose and moved off to sample the hedgerow , stretching her long , white neck to nibble delicately at the tips of the hawthorn . |
| 3 | Then I stopped off to do a bit of shopping , cash in Betty Y 's prescription et cetera . |
| 4 | Its flat-coiled shell was not completely filled with flesh as is that of a snail , but had a hinder end walled off to form a gas chamber . |
| 5 | At five o'clock that Thursday evening she left her office , noticed sourly that her ‘ boyfriend 's ’ Jaguar was in the car park , and drove off to view a flat that was within her means . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ Santerre mumbled and trudged off to join the others . |
| 7 | On reading such statements , would Ptolemy have seen the error of his ways , instantly recanted and toddled off to join the Copernican revolution ? |
| 8 | Having delivered this Parthian shot , she stalked off to find a taxi home . |
| 9 | He stalked off to find the airport bus to take them to the SNCF railway station at Roissy , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him as best he could . |
| 10 | Realizing this , Randy shook off Mike at the throw-in and raced off to level the score . |
| 11 | While the officials , commentators and chess groupies then lingered over an enjoyable buffet , the players and their seconds rushed off to put the finishing touches to six months of preparations . |
| 12 | ‘ They all rushed off to do the next scene . |
| 13 | I rushed off to have a shave and a wash , which I had hardly finished doing before we were ordered downstairs for breakfast in the darkness . |
| 14 | ‘ But some of the young people in the bar explained and I rushed off to get a camera . ’ |
| 15 | This tube of black plastic at the front of the gun is turned and pulled off to allow the nozzle to be used in particularly tight spots . |
| 16 | Mansell stormed off to see the stewards . |
| 17 | Marks broke off to acknowledge a greeting from a newcomer who went to the bar . |
| 18 | She broke off to acknowledge an old man trudging by : ‘ Good day to you , Mr Ivey ! |
| 19 | Stoddart broke off to watch the presentations and then continued : ‘ Happily , I still have the mare , who is now 18 . |
| 20 | He broke off to applaud a little ball striking a boundary rope not far from us . |
| 21 | The CO broke off to frown an inquiry at his Adjutant . |
| 22 | Van Gelder broke off to accept a sheet of paper from a seaman who had appeared in the doorway , glanced briefly at the message and handed it without a word to Talbot , who read it in turn , muttered something inaudible and swung his legs to the deck . |
| 23 | Kirov broke off to slip the Moskvich out of gear , allowing the van to cruise to a halt by the roadside . |
| 24 | By June 23rd he had found some , and took off to fly the bag to Balsley in his hospital . |
| 25 | A summons from the tannoy interrupted our homespun philosophies and Joe sped off to perform a faultless run-through with no sign of the steroid-induced agitation — a true pro — while I sat and thought about life 's ‘ hard knocks ’ . |
| 26 | After they had all left — Dad too — Mum hung Granny 's death card beneath her picture then went off to join the others in the local . |
| 27 | With a friendly pat on his arm , she went off to join the dancing , and practically walked into the waiting Feargal . |
| 28 | ‘ He wo n't , then , for he took the cross in the summer , after he 'd placed me here , and went off to join the Bishop of Winchester in the Holy Land , ’ said young Blount delightedly . |
| 29 | ‘ Sure , ’ Doyle replied then went off to serve the customer . |
| 30 | The meeting was mostly a ‘ Fun out of doors ’ one , so Jill soon went off to search the wood to complete her collection of ferns . |