Example sentences of "[be] off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today we 're off to the charming isle of St Lucia where our winner and a friend will enjoy seven nights at the Le Sport Hotel , full board in a private air-conditioned room . |
| 2 | That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning . |
| 3 | A brief halt at the Military Police Post to book out with the Belgian Military Policeman on duty , and they are off along the main road into Corlu . |
| 4 | The padlocks would be off at the main entrance by now , for the late-morning mail and for bar deliveries . |
| 5 | About-to-be-ex-Lit-Ed , actually , come early January ( I 'm off to the Independent Magazine , which , although it 's the most literary colour supplement in town , does not and will not run book reviews ) ; but while there is a breath of bookish discernment left in my body , I suggest the following thoughts about the spring lists . |
| 6 | The lights were off in the big drawing-room but someone had lit the logs which had been piled in the fireplace . |
| 7 | Until he is off with the old , he can not be on with the new . |
| 8 | Then you get so drunk that he steals your cab and he 's off on the loose once more . ’ |
| 9 | British under 16 champion twice now he 's off to the European Championships … |
| 10 | Before lining up for the first race of the season it 's off to the now-standard bits-and-bobs shop , where you can spend up to $100,000 upgrading your jalopy . |
| 11 | In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary . |
| 12 | Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party . |
| 13 | In the evening it was off to the Scottish Crofters Union Annual Dinner . |
| 14 | I thought I was off on the usual , rather tedious type of assignment ! |
| 15 | The main consideration in gaining a clear conscience is that we work out the wording carefully in advance as the prodigal son did when he was off in the far country . |