Example sentences of "[v-ing] off for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cars then travelled south on the A1 before turning off for Ripon . |
| 2 | Golf : Practice paying off for Torrance |
| 3 | THE on-going ferry price war is paying off for P&O who today claimed a massive 96pc rise in tourist vehicle trade on its Larne-Cairnryan route . |
| 4 | one of the favourites to win the British Hangliding Championships is Pete Harvey from Milton Keynes … he helped Britain to third in the world cup which has just finished in California … now he 's taking off for Spain … that'ss where they 're holding the British competition … why its hot sunny and its ' not raining … |
| 5 | I had to take two more roadside breaks and got into the city at two in the morning , taking off for Texas at dawn . |
| 6 | The single-engine Socata vanished from radar screens after taking off for Mull from Blackpool on Saturday . |
| 7 | Edward Browning , a night club bouncer , called at his father 's home shortly before setting off for Scotland . |
| 8 | He recognizes in Raskolnikov a fellow-struggler , and repeatedly he says that the two of them are birds of a feather ; but he also bids him farewell with a pointed ‘ You to the right and I to the left , or the other way round if you like ’ towards the end of their final meeting , because setting off for America , unlike the North Pole , while it may or may not amount to doing anything ( Crime and Punishment does n't raise the question ) marks a parting of their ways . |
| 9 | Hardly a week passed without Anna Essinger setting off for London on a fund raising mission , invariably returning with promises to sponsor more refugee children . |
| 10 | There was time only to grab a piece of burnt toast before jumping into her car and setting off for London . |
| 11 | He had been a fisherman and told tales of the waters ‘ boiling ’ with seals near the Monach Isles , of canoeists setting off for St Kilda and of frequent sightings of porpoises , dolphins , basking sharks , even the occasional whale … |