Example sentences of "[noun prp] went off [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | However , when she disappeared into the powder room at the hotel where they stopped for lunch on the way back to London and Dunbar went off to book a table in the restaurant , he and Aubrey had a moment alone together . |
2 | Connor went off to draw a couple of pints behind the bar , as Ruth shook hands with the young man . |
3 | Once we 'd established that nothing had been left behind Emily went off to catch a bus and I decided that no one would mind if I popped my head round the doors of the suite of rooms which George had occupied . |
4 | Once at the hospital , Liz was taken to the delivery room immediately and Mark went off to find the waiting room , which was full of exhausted partners who 'd been there for hours . |
5 | Thereupon , Anselm went off to spend the summer months in the hill village of Liberi above Capua , and here he found a renewed peace of mind and spirit which he had not known since his days as prior of Bec . |