Example sentences of "[vb -s] off into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kids are presented as decent and thoughtful , and there 's an Arcadian absence of the stress and violence which some might look for in a class where the teacher swears and free-associates , and throws up and bunks off into the bargain . |
| 2 | Like a female Eldritch blessed with the dark side of Patti Smith 's voice and persona , Louise drifts off into the sort of ethereal world that brings to mind fear and insanity rather than the more straightforward bliss of , say , the Cocteaus . |
| 3 | Like a female Eldritch blessed with the dark side of Patti Smith 's voice and persona , Louise drifts off into the sort of ethereal world that brings to mind fear and insanity rather than the more straightforward bliss of , say , the Cocteaus . |
| 4 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 5 | He knows it , and drives off into the night licking his dollar lips . |
| 6 | and all that , then he took no notice of that , now do n't tip them silly , what the bloody hell you doing that for ? , do n't be so daft , so any way , then Stuart goes off into the showers and turns the showers on |
| 7 | Jesus , filled with the Spirit , goes off into the wilderness , the place where Israel had been tested for forty . |
| 8 | Nor can I see the day when Lovejoy sails off into the sunset down the Seine spooning Chicken & Sweetcorn Stew down a tot . |
| 9 | The play tails off into the cries and inarticulate exclamations where , escaping the situation in which ‘ I got ta use words ’ in their normal sense , language becomes a cry of despair and horror as primal as the ‘ Wah ! |
| 10 | Impatience is justified if theory moves off into the stratosphere , so to speak . |
| 11 | Camus sets off into the night . |
| 12 | As she stalks off into the night . |
| 13 | Without forests and ground cover , the rain simply runs off into the rivers . |
| 14 | After a couple of hours rest , it runs off into the bush to find food for itself , and after only twenty-four hours it is able to fly . |