Example sentences of "[vb infin] off to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |
| 2 | So that form we will send off to the various erm departments . |
| 3 | Tomorrow 's top temperatures , 10 Celsius , 50 Fahrenheit , but it will drop off to a cool 7 celsius , 45 Fahrenheit , accompanied by quite a strong north westerly wind . |
| 4 | If she then plays 3 rounds of Spades trumping in dummy and proceeds to knock out the Ace of Clubs , East can simply hold off to the third round and then lead a Diamond . |
| 5 | If , however , the dance told the bees where to go , they should go off to the wrong place ( depending on where Gould had put the light bulb ) . |
| 6 | I 'd walk off to a respectful distance — I had no desire to listen to their conversation , there was nothing useful to pick up from that babble . |
| 7 | In some areas , most notably the liturgical and the ecumenical , Rome did get off to a good start in providing directives of a sort that would carry confidence at least temporarily ; even here , however , there was the inherent problem that a body of directives implied the establishment of a stable state ( e.g. in ecumenical relations ) , while the reality was in fact necessarily more fluid . |
| 8 | Often they germinate well at this time of year , and will overwinter and get off to a good start next spring . |
| 9 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 10 | I still found the argument extraordinary , but I also had to take into account the fact that if Nigel retained this stance then the committee meeting would have to be postponed and the whole exercise would get off to a terrible start . |
| 11 | Such MPs would , it is true , know that territory better than any incoming outsider , and being known there would presumably get off to a flying start in the pursuit of popularity . |
| 12 | THE launch of Middlesbrough yesterday as the country 's second environment city did n't exactly get off to a flying start . |