Example sentences of "[was/were] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RSM brought everyone to attention , ‘ By the right , quick march , ’ barked the Officer and we were off to a jaunty 6–8 time , Blue Bonnets Over the Border , as I got under way . |
| 2 | Then they were off with a loud revving of the engine . |
| 3 | She and Sebastian were off on a long honeymoon , to spend two months in Tuscany in an old farmhouse belonging to friends of Deborah and Stephen : it was temporarily in need of a caretaker . |
| 4 | The lights were off in the big drawing-room but someone had lit the logs which had been piled in the fireplace . |
| 5 | The Health Secretary was off to a private party . |
| 6 | Now he was off to a nine p.m. to one a.m . |
| 7 | The breed in Sweden was off to a tremendous start and from this position of strength , Swedish people have produced over the years some very good Rottweilers . |
| 8 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc chief Jerry Sanders is not at all phased by Intel Corp 's excoriation and he told the conference his company was off to a good start for another year of record revenues , with a target of $1,650m in 1993 , $2,000m in 1994 and $3,000m by 1997 , and expects to ship 4m Am486 chips in 1994 for a 15% market share . |
| 9 | So it was off to a wet and windy Heathrow Airport , a BA Super Shuttle to Glasgow , and a twenty minute road journey to the factory . |
| 10 | So it was off to a wet and windy Heathrow Airport , a BA Super Shuttle to Glasgow , and a twenty minute road journey to the factory . |
| 11 | In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary . |
| 12 | Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party . |
| 13 | In the evening it was off to the Scottish Crofters Union Annual Dinner . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He had a bag with him , a small suitcase really , so I asked if he was off on a late holiday . |
| 16 | I thought I was off on the usual , rather tedious type of assignment ! |
| 17 | The route passed through a wood and George was off like a Baldersdale-bred hare . |
| 18 | The main consideration in gaining a clear conscience is that we work out the wording carefully in advance as the prodigal son did when he was off in the far country . |