Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] off to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willie had already helped paint the scenery but had been asked to take over as prompter when Matthew Browne had been suddenly whisked off to boarding school . |
| 2 | They have all gone off to work or to look for work , leaving behind the old , the disabled , the women and the children . |
| 3 | The bus was cosy and , as I stood dangling from a strap with the other excess passengers , someone asked the driver if Hampstead Road was still closed off to traffic going north . |
| 4 | FIVE cool businessmen stumbled from the wreckage of their crashed plane … and smartly stepped off to work . |
| 5 | They are frequently hauled off to prison and treated very badly , beaten and insulted , at times , even raped . |
| 6 | Finally they are ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy ( the former lager-louts risen from the dead and now wearing masks ) ; Hadfield goes catatonic with terror , and is solicitously carried off to re-education in the jungle . |
| 7 | Scott , who plays surf-mad Brad Willis , recently dashed off to Bali for a surfing holiday with his pals . |