Example sentences of "[was/were] off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The lights were off in the big drawing-room but someone had lit the logs which had been piled in the fireplace . |
2 | In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary . |
3 | Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party . |
4 | In the evening it was off to the Scottish Crofters Union Annual Dinner . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | I thought I was off on the usual , rather tedious type of assignment ! |
7 | 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 . |