Example sentences of "off towards the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bounce was now back in Jenny 's step , I noticed , as I watched her head off towards the tube . |
| 2 | Before he could close it the crowd swarmed past him in their hundreds and set off towards the castle at a trot . |
| 3 | Within an hour Allan , Donald the smith , and the Logan brothers had set off down the strath to Weem with the petitions in a leather wallet , to add to the already thick bunch in James 's strong-box , and Cameron and James had got horses from a sympathizer in the village and rode off towards the narrow glen of Keltney . |
| 4 | He 'll need a lot of breath for this lengthy stint , which heads off towards the new year . |
| 5 | He was glad Rebel had gone off towards the road , though he had probably run back by now for the loaf . |
| 6 | Then he jumped off , grabbed Caspar who was trailing his lead , and ran off towards the gate . |
| 7 | There was also mild throat-clearing as Mr Major strode off towards the largest car ferry in Europe with the words : ‘ Let's go and look at this boat ! ’ |
| 8 | The guerrillas duly launched the missile north across the bay of Beirut at Jounieh , the first stage of the projectile falling into the Mediterranean as the warhead sped off towards the sleepy Christian harbour and its unsuspecting inhabitants . |
| 9 | After five hours ( feeling a bit over-exposed ) parked on the tarmac , flying off towards the Gulf was an appealing prospect . |
| 10 | We had learned this at the very first lesson of the term — something most of the boys should have remembered from the previous year — when Mr Gillis had belted fourteen of us for setting off towards the door when the bell rang rather than waiting for his instruction . |
| 11 | Alec slipped by me and set off towards the changing room at a sprint . |
| 12 | He set off towards the bottom end of the square to walk down Via Roma in the direction of the sea . |
| 13 | ‘ See yah around , ’ Billy bawled over his shoulder and waved as the bike took off towards the main Bristol road . |
| 14 | The fruit is rather like a small peach , but the hull dies off towards the end of the season . |
| 15 | The mass of people of all classes of society , except for the Earl 's house guests , moved off towards the exits , and a sorry sight they were . |
| 16 | Significantly , the greeting trill is normally done when they are on the move , usually when they have come in from outside and are about to move off towards the place where they expect food to be waiting . |
| 17 | They were then sent off towards the enemy , running panic-stricken this way and that , and in the process spreading the poisonous fumes . |
| 18 | As soon as Dennis had roared off towards the offices of Osiris Management Services I strolled down Ramillies Drive to the Parsonage and rang the bell . |
| 19 | He set off towards the buses . |
| 20 | He had watched all four go off towards the tower with the rain beating down on them . |
| 21 | When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed . |
| 22 | A faint smell of gunpowder still hung in the air and a trail of bluish smoke drifted off towards the forest . |
| 23 | Eventually the little bus was summoned again , and we jumped in thankfully and set off towards the plane , only to grind to a halt at Operations again . |
| 24 | As his lad let him go , he set off towards the start flat out with his mouth open and his nose in the air . |
| 25 | Dressed in silk and ablaze with jewellery , apparently to prove that Donna 's inheritance was no myth , Mavis Bricknell stumbled off towards the toilet room at the dome car 's entrance saying she must repair the ravages to her face , and presently she came back , screaming loudly . |
| 26 | I saw George outside under the station lights and watched him set off towards the rear of the train . |
| 27 | She seemed to be more pleased with that , and flashing me a grin from over her shoulder went off towards the Clubhouse entrance . |
| 28 | Another rustle followed before a glossy blackbird hopped out and made off towards the parkland . |
| 29 | Noel Cooper was lifted aboard : he had seen nothing of Norman Teacher since the Lt-Cmdr swam off towards the shore . |
| 30 | Taking his towelling bath robe out of his suitcase and one of the rugs from the back of the car , they set off towards the cliff . |