Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] off to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this , we mean that it will ascend perfectly when the sail is under pressure , and the line tension applies a driving force ; but it will tumble or spin off to the right or left if the line tension is relaxed . |
| 2 | A presidential decree , reported in full in Rossiskaya gazeta of June 18 , allowed state enterprises which failed to pay their debts to the state and to private creditors within three months to be declared bankrupt and either liquidated or auctioned off to the highest bidder for a limited period of time for independent management ( the new managers to be treated as owners , but debarred from dismissing more than 30 per cent of the work force ) . |
| 3 | Beyond the door was a narrow corridor that led off to the right . |
| 4 | The community is signposted " Durrenroth " at a side road that goes off to the right ( and later rejoins the main road further on ) . |
| 5 | Shortly beyond Huswil , at Gettnau ( 10km , 6 miles from Huttwil ) road 23 continues straight ahead east to Sursee ( on the Sempacher Lake ) , but take instead a branch that goes off to the right for Willisau , a thirteenth-century foundation . |
| 6 | I 'd parked Armstrong around the side of Sedgeley House in one of the diagonal streets that run off to the Edgware Road . |
| 7 | But the US ( with the UK in tow ) shaped up for war with Iraq and steamed off to the Gulf to protect their own interests , saying that they were doing so on behalf of the whole world . |
| 8 | I bundled him into the care and zoomed off to the nearby University Herbarium with a whole leaf of the plant . |
| 9 | Over at the manse the Reverend William McIvor , in a drab overcoat , let himself out by the back door and rode off to the north-east by a back path through the woods near Taymouth Castle , keeping his grey garron on a tight rein and stepping slowly so that the hoof-beats were nearly soundless . |
| 10 | Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected . |
| 11 | So they collected their actors and actresses , a film crew of twelve and their livestock and moved off to the Utah desert to begin filming . |
| 12 | Barn owls used to breed in the hay bales but when these were shifted the birds objected and moved off to the nearby quarry . |
| 13 | He glanced up at the sky and remarked : ‘ There 's nowhere to go at this time of night ’ , at which I said that I would be going home , and moved off to the right . |
| 14 | I 'll tell you another thing , whatever the Spitting Images say about John he pays his money , he does n't grab his bermuda shorts and a wristwatch and fly off to the sunny islands . |
| 15 | Tony and I drag our boats up the beach and head off to the rocks , our balance oddly disturbed by the many hours afloat . |
| 16 | In the kind of yuppy apartment in which they lived , the chimpanzees would signal ‘ GO SINK ’ and head off to the kitchen sink . |
| 17 | At some point Kāli and I had stopped climbing and branched off to the left : but this was too narrow , an animal track . |
| 18 | ‘ Especially when they see you getting into your Porsche , and driving off to the flat you own in Putney ? ’ |
| 19 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
| 20 | ‘ The Newquay crowd just pose in Beetles covered in stickers and show off to the dodgy girls hanging around on Fistral beach , ’ opines Adam , who claims he 'd only visit the town to compete . |
| 21 | My eyes are respectfully downcast while this paunch on legs breaks his wrist , blows a kiss , and sashays off to the tea-machine ? |
| 22 | We make the most of this and scoot off to the hospital . |
| 23 | Handcuffed and hauled off to the Los Angeles County jail , he was mug-photoed , fingerprinted and seemingly washed up . |
| 24 | Up to 50 images can be stored at once and if that is not enough , you can always transfer the images to an Apple Powerbook to make more space — a bit of a culture shock for anyone used to filling up a camera bag with film and dashing off to the nearest photo lab . |
| 25 | Keep moving right and you should find the concert permit , jump up onto the purple wall and walk right to the other side , get one of the three crates and kill the mugger , then walk to the right and jump up three platforms to reach a heart , fall down to where you started then climb down the ladder with a crate , kill the workman , go down another level and kill the mugger ( avoiding the dog ) , go down another level , climb down the ladder and go down again , you can risk hitting the wire and flame to collect the records ( macho time again ) , climb down a final ladder and jump off to the left . |
| 26 | and rushed off to the Underground , |
| 27 | I shook my head , and she smiled and nodded and patted me on the shoulder and padded off to the kitchen . |
| 28 | He was a baby-faced product of the concerned middle classes , born in Derby and whisked off to the Home Counties at an early age . |
| 29 | Thanks to the rank stupidity of Steve Gillery 's bride-to-be , he had to hold his stag night on Saturday morning and rush off to the ceremony during half-time in the afternoon . |
| 30 | Everyone in London was wondering why Guy left his fiancée on her own , and flew off to the Caribbean on the spur of the moment … ’ |