Example sentences of "[pers pn] be off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the meeting of the Cabinet held that same Sunday evening , when it became apparent that agreement could not be reached on the economy package , MacDonald , on his way to the palace , told Sir Ernest Harvey , the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand . ' |
| 2 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she said , ‘ I am off to the pub . |
| 3 | Had he not left them the night before , exclaiming : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand ’ ? |
| 4 | At a time ( 1944 ) when one 's acquaintances were casually saying ‘ I 'm off to the US to work on the atomic bomb ’ ( surely a gross breach of security ) I think Bernal was carefully insulated . |
| 5 | Personally , I 'm off to the chemist to buy myself a bottle of Gee 's Linctus ( active ingredient ; tincture of opium ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Go where you like , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm off to the moon . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm off to the shops next , I 'll bring you a cup of tea on my way . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | On his way out he said : ‘ I 'm off to the Palace to throw in my hand . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm off to the US next week and then I am doing an extended tour of the US and Canada . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm off up the pub , babes , ’ said Sandy , ruffling Dionne 's hair . |
| 12 | I 'm off round the corner after it like Wally the cat ; then I pounce . |
| 13 | Then Waters hit me on the shoulder and I was off across the paddock concentrating on the spot where Werewolf had suddenly vanished into the trees . |
| 14 | I thought I was off on the usual , rather tedious type of assignment ! |
| 15 | I was off before the pistol . |
| 16 | You 're off at the end of the run . |
| 17 | Yes I 'm glad in a way , I suppose , though I 'll still never see you if you 're off to the provinces to entertain the troops , damn their eyes . |
| 18 | Now that she 's gone you wo n't always be saying that you 're off to the pictures with her . |
| 19 | They 'll be convinced you 're off to the Lake District today . |
| 20 | If you 're off to the Cov game , look out for us in 's Porsche . |
| 21 | Otherwise , I say get Tim Kennedy on there — you 're off to the Blackburn game are n't you Tim ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Ye do n't think ye get long holidays because when you 're off from the school you 're still doing other things connected with it , making up timetables and all that . |
| 24 | And when she 's off on the piste she 'll doubtless miss the Press lads following her around calling her an idle good-for-nothing . |
| 25 | Naturally I say , ‘ Hang on a minute ’ , and when I turn round she is off in the kitchen banging saucepans about . |
| 26 | She was off into the scullery to stir the stew ; she was one of those women who will never give anybody the satisfaction of her undivided attention . |
| 27 | She was off up the stairs without another word . |
| 28 | As I lie here under the green , seaweedy tent I remember from some trite television interview , a remark made by Brigitte Bardot , loopy Parisienne , namely that in all her many love affairs she was off at the first sign of the waning of passion . |
| 29 | Here I go , here I go , here I go , we are off to the show to the show ho |
| 30 | Before he can blink , we 're off down the road , in a hot smear of rubber . |