Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] off to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She merely went off to the nursery for a brief inspection , came back and pronounced him gorgeous . |
| 2 | He usually sneaked off to the lavatory and relieved himself by peeing and thinking of funerals . |
| 3 | I do n't know what view of these events my uncles took as we woke them early and followed them around as faithfully as any spaniel — maybe that was why they often nipped off to the pub in the evenings . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm here , ’ she screamed , and digging her heels into Hermia , went straight into a gallop towards the helicopter , followed by 199 yelling Pony Club members , who fortunately veered off to the left , and did n't trample the new arrivals to death . |
| 5 | We held hands all the way through Live Aid , having not spoken to each other for a week , and then rushed off to the Post Office as soon as we could with our three pounds . |
| 6 | Gay had scraped together quite a creditable lunch , which Breeze swallowed in haste and then rushed off to the Vicarage . |
| 7 | She ordered a glass of milk , gulped it down and then rushed off to the ladies . |
| 8 | I had a perm on Friday and then rushed off to the dentist for an emergency white cement type filling to fill my Friday 13th loss ( ! ) — maddening to have to go back again as it is the other side of town , but I walked the two miles or so home , along with Bella . |
| 9 | He then went off to the desert to see Montgomery , accompanied by Shan Hackett , to ask permission to hand-pick volunteers from the various regiments in the Eighth Army . |
| 10 | You 've never heard a speed-thrash organ pop LP called ‘ Life ’ , never experienced ‘ The Beast Inside ’ 's prog rock excesses and never drifted off to the gorgeous pop of ‘ This Is How It Feels ’ . |