Example sentences of "[vb past] off into the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She struggled to her feet , her only thought to avoid discovery , and staggered off into the darkness . |
| 2 | ‘ You bolted off into the forest , ’ said Tommy , his eyes never leaving Trentham . |
| 3 | After a most welcome visit to the Orchard Room we headed off into the dusk for the night stage to Birmingham . |
| 4 | The car moved off into the darkness and the rain . |
| 5 | Then , throwing her a wink , he turned and moved off into the crowd . |
| 6 | Soon they were calling and shouting to each other as they moved off into the forest . |
| 7 | A quiet , grass-grown ride branched off into the dimness of the wood , and in the surface were imprinted deep wheelmarks . |
| 8 | Leaving Murti Lāl at the hut to guard the lambs , he wandered off into the mist , whistling to the sheep as he steered them up across the bare rock face to a higher plateau , where the ground was marshy and the grass coarse and wiry and spiked with reeds . |
| 9 | He wandered off into the shadow , his head tilted backwards . |
| 10 | She got out , and , after he had waited to see her enter the house , the car roared off into the night . |
| 11 | He made her as comfortable as possible on the back seat of the car and drove off into the night . |
| 12 | In the end , Anna borrowed Lady Vestey 's BMW car and drove off into the night , angry and humiliated at her very public snub . |
| 13 | The driver , with the predictability of all motorists over the last few weeks , commented on the petrol crisis , overcharged grossly , and drove off into the night . |
| 14 | The thought played over and over in her mind as she waved an absent-minded farewell and drove off into the night alone . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought you were n't jealous and possessive ! ’ she said shakingly as they drove off into the traffic . |
| 16 | In spite of our scepticism , to our relief the first boat in that area to be investigated proved to match the photograph and we slunk off into the night , doused our lights , and prepared to follow her at a safe distance . |
| 17 | He put down his glass of tea , lifted the rifle to his shoulder and trudged off into the debris . |
| 18 | Forester waited until the postman had come freewheeling down the track , and then as the momentum was spent and the postman pedalled off into the morning Forester started to move downslope towards the cottages . |
| 19 | It whined , backed away with its eyes fixed on Grimma , and then darted off into the darkness . |
| 20 | The trucks thumped heavily past , one by one , with slow inevitable movement , as she stood insignificantly trapped between the jolting black waggons and the hedge ; then they curved away towards the coppice where the withered oak leaves dropped noiselessly , while the birds , pulling at the scarlet hips beside the track , made off into the dusk that had already crept into the spinney ( 4 ) . |
| 21 | They battered us into the bushes , and made off into the forest with the cart and the team and the load , and left us to limp away on foot wherever we would . |
| 22 | Nearly fifty years ago a posh , lanky young man packed his bags and made off into the undergrowth of England . |
| 23 | I said I believed them to be following the correct route and then crept off into the mist surreptitiously to whip out my compass . |
| 24 | Blanche glanced up and down the empty pavement , slid on her leather gloves and loped off into the night . |
| 25 | ‘ Thank you , now take your letter to Hay , then hurry home ! ’ he called as he rode off into the distance . |
| 26 | Granted , my steatopygous chum is not of an age with the aforementioned silver-haired Lothario who rode off into the sunset with a nifty piece of under-age crumpet strapped to his roofrack , i.e. Gill 's Dad . |
| 27 | They spent two days on safari while they were there , ending with a camel ride in the Sahara desert where they rode off into the sunset ! |
| 28 | She stalked off into the house . |
| 29 | Then we turned off into the heart of the plain at Ponte Taro , a small hamlet , for the final stage of our journey . |
| 30 | Not many miles from the Manchurian border , the Siberian wind gusting the powdered snow round her heels , a suitcase in either hand , one still decorated ludicrously with kettle and saucepan , fur rug over her shoulders , she crunched off into the night . |