Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] off for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 2 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
| 3 | After one more anxious glance she took off for the other end of the pool and a quick look showed that he was already on his way , moving with powerful strokes and keeping well clear of her . |
| 4 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
| 5 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
| 6 | We headed off for the north-east facing slopes of La Masse , hoping to find the best snow . |
| 7 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
| 8 | Two cyclists seemed fair game to these pissed idiots so we took off for the hills , only a small range but , we were to discover , quite beautiful . |
| 9 | He shot off for the bungalow and a private phone . |
| 10 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 11 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 12 | Checking his watch , he set off for the hilltop once more . |
| 13 | The aircraft-carrier Clemenceau , though it set off for the Gulf and its movements were followed initially by Le Monde , returned to Toulon in October after a 55-day voyage . |