Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] off into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I push off into the bright sunshine , and across the playground . |
| 2 | As I drift off into the aisle , I see Lil gliding back towards our stand , escorting a pair of avenging angels . |
| 3 | The surface of the earth is finite in extent but it does n't have a boundary or edge : if you sail off into the sunset , you do n't fall off the edge or run into a singularity . |
| 4 | The assistant recorder , David Barlett , told Burnett : ‘ Like a latter-day Francis Drake , you go off into the ocean , heading apparently for France , but it turns out actually in the direction of Canada . |
| 5 | Soon after breakfast we set off into the jungle . |
| 6 | I had acquired and learned to drive an old Hillman during the summer and , piling two tired and travel-sick children into the back with our parcels , we set off into the night . |
| 7 | They career off into the future in a way that is , in one sense , pointless and futile , in another sense progressive and endlessly fascinating to us , the observers . |
| 8 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 9 | This would mean that Christ was declaring himself to be a thief , for in Zanaki land thieves generally make it a practice to knock on the door of a hut which they hope to burglarise , and if they hear any movement inside , they dash off into the dark . |