Example sentences of "[vb past] off [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I stopped off to do a bit of shopping , cash in Betty Y 's prescription et cetera . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Having delivered this Parthian shot , she stalked off to find a taxi home . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ But some of the young people in the bar explained and I rushed off to get a camera . ’ |
| 7 | Marks broke off to acknowledge a greeting from a newcomer who went to the bar . |
| 8 | She broke off to acknowledge an old man trudging by : ‘ Good day to you , Mr Ivey ! |
| 9 | He broke off to applaud a little ball striking a boundary rope not far from us . |
| 10 | The CO broke off to frown an inquiry at his Adjutant . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | Walter Hardy used the boathook to push it into the shallows , and then went off to borrow a small motor cruiser so that he 'd be able to tow the carcase out to one of the marshy islands further down the lake . |
| 14 | The head waiter went off to order a taxi , looking puzzled . |
| 15 | Connor went off to draw a couple of pints behind the bar , as Ruth shook hands with the young man . |
| 16 | However , when she disappeared into the powder room at the hotel where they stopped for lunch on the way back to London and Dunbar went off to book a table in the restaurant , he and Aubrey had a moment alone together . |
| 17 | And then erm after the rehearsal some of us went off to get a pizza before the concert and he said to me , erm are you interested in going to hear the Mozart Requiem , it 's on at the Barbican on Wednesday ? |
| 18 | I checked everything in at the left-luggage office in Liverpool Street station , and then went off to make a couple of telephone calls . |
| 19 | Once we 'd established that nothing had been left behind Emily went off to catch a bus and I decided that no one would mind if I popped my head round the doors of the suite of rooms which George had occupied . |
| 20 | Half way through the day 's programme of shows , while the dressers went off to grab a sandwich and the model girls , who would not dare to eat while they were showing , revived themselves with cups of black coffee , Madame Mattli took Paula to one side . |
| 21 | The others went off to have a bite to eat before beginning their checks on the Sardinian shepherds they had picked out . |
| 22 | Fortunately a lorry driver was washing in the basin , so while he went off to have a shit in one of the cabinets , I rifled his spongebag and pinched a disposable razor . |
| 23 | But after an hour Leonora grew bored and irritable with herself and went off to have a bath . |
| 24 | As soon as the off-licence opened I bought a dozen cans of Norseman lager , hefting the packs under my arm as I went off to find a quiet corner of the station where I could guzzle them in peace . |
| 25 | Well it probably rounded off to have a total VIF I mean , re-date the IFUT from there . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Two of the party shot off to climb a couple of 3,000 metre peaks on the rim . |
| 28 | ‘ The popular story is that he was so heartbroken he ran off to join a religious order , and has since been ordained . ’ |
| 29 | Those members of the Nikola Petkov Bulgarian National Agrarian Union ( BZNS ) who had remained in the Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) after part of the BZNS split off to form a separate party before the October 1991 elections [ see p. 38539 ] now set up their own separate BZNS within the UDF . |
| 30 | Expressing a desire to see the world first , he set off to spend a year teaching elementary mathematics in Kenya . |