Example sentences of "[vb -s] off for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 2 | This line of islands swings round to the north , and finally back to the west through South Georgia , describing a great loop , and then heads off for the extreme south of South America . |
| 3 | Day Two : At 8.00am breakfast is on the table and your cruiser casts off for the sail to the ancient spa town of Bad Schandau . |
| 4 | The expense of necessary heating and drying is not only considerable , but is ultimately hopeless — it is not a tax which in any way augments a person 's living standards , but , like protection money , merely staves off for a little longer an absolute loss . |
| 5 | The laibon goes off for a moment and returns wearing his cloak as the old lady produces some stools . |
| 6 | Nosey parkering round the piles of recently acquired books while her hostess goes off for a pee , she announces on Rainbow 's return — ‘ I was right . |
| 7 | He shouts especially at Pyjamas , who skulks off for a broom . |
| 8 | ‘ The Bamford Hunt always gathers in the Market Square on Boxing Day and after downing a glass or two of something sustaining , moves off for a day 's sport , watched by the local populace . |
| 9 | THREE or four times a month a Royal Bank lorry laden with 4 tonnes of waste paper pulls out of Drummond House and sets off for a paper mill in Fife . |
| 10 | He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him . |
| 11 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |