Example sentences of "[vb base] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The devout and those with a full itinerary hurry off to the Abbey as the bell tolls for communion . |
| 2 | Hurry off for the bran . |
| 3 | Two clipped young Gurkhas peel off to the side as the Queen stands before the two great thrones , flanked by a clutch of Yeomen of the Guard , pikes resting on their shoulders . |
| 4 | The best and longest-lasting tans are acquired slowly — quick tans are usually fast burns and peel off in a trice . |
| 5 | Jeez , it looks like all the players and wives nip off down the bank for a quick gas up north . |
| 6 | My heart ached for her as I realised that she had joined the ranks of so many others I had known , who had watched their men fly off into the dusk , never to be heard of again . |
| 7 | I 'll tell you another thing , whatever the Spitting Images say about John he pays his money , he does n't grab his bermuda shorts and a wristwatch and fly off to the sunny islands . |
| 8 | and fly off in a shower , airily |
| 9 | Workers observing it and about to leave on their own foraging , immediately fly off in the direction indicated . |
| 10 | To set your foundation and eliminate any shine , pat loose powder lightly all over your face and dust off with a big brush . |
| 11 | It 's not only the alcohol that 's suffered from self-enforced cutbacks : the Franks ( ironically enough ) used to be a Martini band — any gig , any town , any night , they 'd pack their guitars and socks and head off into the Tranzophobic sunset , until exhaustion fully reared its head and the heart decided that home was definitely the place to be . |
| 12 | We all head off into the bloody storm , and then this whole horror comic gets sorted out when we 're back in the real world . |
| 13 | There 's a rigourous routine of hard practice before the party from the Dragon School in Oxford head off for the African continent . |
| 14 | I head off along the road and make for Deptford High Street , swinging my bag of clothes like I was going on holiday . |
| 15 | I sometimes head off to a certain place . |
| 16 | Tony and I drag our boats up the beach and head off to the rocks , our balance oddly disturbed by the many hours afloat . |
| 17 | In the kind of yuppy apartment in which they lived , the chimpanzees would signal ‘ GO SINK ’ and head off to the kitchen sink . |
| 18 | Two of London 's top match teams head off on a magic mystery tour this Sunday with the historic London AA Shield as their goal . |
| 19 | They head off on a cattle drive , all hoping they can somehow solve their problems by fulfilling childhood cowboy fantasies . |
| 20 | He saw it break its flight over a dell between the dunes , soar vertically and then head off at an angle . |
| 21 | Top off with a concrete mix to fix the supports securely |
| 22 | To subscribe to ELT Journal , simply fill in the form on the back of this leaflet and send it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 23 | Make sure that you receive all four issues of the 1993 volume by filling out the form on the back of this leaflet and sending it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf , or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 24 | Instead , preceding even the title page is the injunction ‘ Immediately after buying this book , send off for the eight mail order catalogues listed on p.357 ’ . |
| 25 | Again , send off for the school prospectus and find out the school 's aims and objectives . |
| 26 | Send off for the copies you missed and complete your collection of Britain 's newest , brightest gardening magazine . |
| 27 | The troops , expecting to be ‘ home by Christmas ’ after a few gallant cavalry charges , held an impressive open air church parade in the Recreation Field and in late August the town gave a lively send off to a detachment of the ‘ Kings Own ’ . |
| 28 | We were being given a marvellous send off by the people there but I was not too sure about the starting pistol that George McGuire was wielding though , maybe I would be put out of my misery sooner than I thought ! |
| 29 | To celebrate the occasion , they were given an emotional send off by the bus drivers who 've spent the last three years transporting them to and from home . |
| 30 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |