Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] off into the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He turned round and walked off into the gathering darkness . |
| 32 | He turned his back to her and walked off into the open-plan living-room , with its huge glass patio doors that led on to the front garden . |
| 33 | Then she yawned , blinked , turned her back and walked off into the house . |
| 34 | And later she might have sworn , even though the lighting was bad and he was already some distance away , that before turning around and stalking off into the night , the stranger had snarled like a beast . |
| 35 | I also used to compare the buzzard to a kite , being allowed to gain height gradually and seeming to grow smaller and smaller until it went out of control and soared off into the distance with the wind . |
| 36 | The first Phoenix King made no response , merely climbed onto the back of Indraugnir and flew off into the dreadful night . |
| 37 | But the stranger had already turned and walked off into the night , back along the towpath in the direction from which he 'd come . |
| 38 | Perhaps it would have been better to use the subjects as springboards for complete fiction , leaving the pedantic detail — and the risk of libel suits — behind , and taking off into the story-telling stratosphere . |
| 39 | Sighing at the thought of having to leave the warmth and comfort of the fire , he rose and lifted his coat from the hook on the kitchen door , bracing himself against the cold stormy air , and strode off into the darkness . |
| 40 | ‘ Thank you , ’ said Lucy softly , hugged her again and went off into the night . |
| 41 | He squeezed them and kissed them and went off into the house . |
| 42 | Isabel nodded and went off into the garden . |
| 43 | Eventually I left them to it and went off into the night , the bells keeping me company through the streets . |
| 44 | When they grew up and went off into the wild I suffered dreadful pangs . |
| 45 | Got measurements to take , calculations to work out ’ , and sped off into the distance . |
| 46 | The bat flapped around his misshapen hat and took off into the dark . |
| 47 | He clipped me and spun off into the wall and broke his neck . ’ |
| 48 | What is apt to happen when we strike a solid is that a whole series of stress waves radiate from the point of impact and move off into the body of the material . |
| 49 | Hearing what sounded like a muttered exclamation of fury at her elbow , Melissa looked around and saw Dora turn on her heel and march off into the orchard , where she stopped under an apple tree and stared up into the branches as if inspecting its heavy crop of fruit . |
| 50 | In terror , she lifted her skirts and ran off into the village , proclaiming loudly that ‘ the diel ’ was in Alloway kirk . |
| 51 | A mile down the road , he asked me to stop , jumped out and ran off into the darkness , leaving his knife behind . |
| 52 | Yet when he saw her the next day and attempted to speak to her she told him to leave her alone and ran off into the prop-room . |
| 53 | She invited him to cover it up with a paper bag but he snapped the band round the back of his head and ran off into the street , an elephant ramping above the collar of his jersey , his new trunk bobbing . |
| 54 | Picture them , Tabitha Jute and Marco Metz , as they walk out across the spaceport tarmac this chilly Schiaparelli evening , to climb aboard the not-quite-redeemed Alice and take off into the Martian sky , bound on a journey that will take them to Plenty — and far , far beyond . |
| 55 | The car picked up speed and shot off into the distance . |
| 56 | ‘ Do make yourself at home , ’ said Sybil hospitably and bustled off into the kitchen . |
| 57 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 58 | Though her lungs were aflame with her efforts , she rolled over and set off into the darkness of the tunnel that led outside before anyone could think to send a boat for her — though at least there were hiding places here in case they did . |