Example sentences of "[vb past] off for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We headed off for the north-east facing slopes of La Masse , hoping to find the best snow . |
| 2 | Then it was a half-hour 's drive from our base to Christophe and Hedwige 's house , and from there Mike would set off on an hour 's run with Christophe through the forest , still in darkness , to ensure they reached the chimpanzees ' nest site before the occupants moved off for the day . |
| 3 | The bus was made to stop on Westminster Bridge , where the ‘ Lord Dennings ’ filed off for the benefit of the world 's press , to the accompaniment of a reading by Heathcote Williams , the alternative poet . |
| 4 | Ga-ry and Ja-kki are only outdone in the hard-work stakes by the man from the council with the large hammer who perpetually replaces fence posts as the crowd swells and the area cordoned off for the benefit of the saplings shrinks . |
| 5 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 6 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
| 7 | I went out into Main Street and started off for the pier . |
| 8 | He had burned his bridges in Hollywood and took off for the seclusion of Taos to hide away , his life having come to another dead end , cursed by his own self-destructiveness and sheer bad luck . |
| 9 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
| 10 | He shot off for the bungalow and a private phone . |
| 11 | Checking his watch , he set off for the hilltop once more . |
| 12 | When the Dragons first eleven set off for the sun in a couple of weeks time they 'll be taking with them a pretty impressive record , just 2 defeats in the last seven seasons . |
| 13 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 14 | We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse . |
| 15 | Miaow , thought Jenny as young Curtis stood up awkwardly and set off for the bar , turning after a couple of steps to ask , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
| 16 | Val set off for the interior in the best of the hire cars available , a well worn seat with grudging breaks , and drove alone on empty roads through a barren and alien territory . |
| 17 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 18 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 19 | The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody . |
| 20 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |
| 21 | We got some torches together and set off for the graveyard . |
| 22 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 23 | At matches he had to be watched like a hawk in case he wriggled out of his headcollar , and set off for the tea tent , where his doleful yellow face and black-ringed eyes could coax sandwiches and cake out of the most stony-hearted waitress . |
| 24 | He bounded over the thirteenth and fourteenth and set off for the Chair , that huge open ditch which forms the biggest obstacle on the course . |
| 25 | He got up and dressed as though in a trance , and set off for the Castle with the hangdog look of a condemned man . |
| 26 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 27 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 28 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |