Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] off [to-vb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , when I was a city detective in the early 1960s , we again used clothing to mark off our separation and dirty , ragged tramps shuffling off to shelter in rubble-filled dens under the Tyne Bridge would become a referent to our despised neighbours : ‘ look [ we would point ] there 's a Gateshead detective hurrying off on the scent … |
| 2 | Gardiner heads off to ban in good mood |
| 3 | There were accusations that their presence had been orchestrated using methods reminiscent of the Ceausescu regime , with factory NSF committees giving workers time off to participate in demonstrations , and transport being laid on to bring demonstrators from as far away as Constanţa , the Black Sea port around 200 km from Bucharest . |
| 4 | On the day of his first marriage , his wife went off to perform in a matinée and Burton listened to the International match . |
| 5 | It began to run over the main deck and the crew hurried off to shelter in the accommodation . |
| 6 | Indeed , many of those children whose fathers went off to fight in the war experienced that same sense of inner rejection , even though as they grew older they were able to understand the truth of the matter . |