Example sentences of "[verb] off [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willis and four men were whisked off to jail for the night and released on bail . |
| 2 | I mean yesterday after I had me dinner I dropped off to sleep for a couple of hours cos |
| 3 | He made films like Sanders of the River ( 1935 ) and The Four Feathers ( 1939 ) , featuring courageous British aristocrats going off to fight for the British empire , not out of a sentimental admiration for those times , but because the Empire provided good stories , as Hollywood also found at the time . |
| 4 | In time , Keating shuffled off to spectate for a rival weekly but , as a kindly man , he offered encouragement to his successor . |
| 5 | He then rushed off to prepare for the main service of the morning as the Minster bells began to ring out . |
| 6 | Harry Fry , John Ross and Jimmy Rutherford , ordinary Scots who went off to fight for a cause in Spain and who were not to return . |