Example sentences of "off across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On second thoughts , ’ she said , ‘ I 'll introduce myself , ’ and set off across the room . |
| 2 | We decided to forget about the third canister and made off across the cornfield at speed , the jeep bouncing up and down on the very uneven surface . |
| 3 | A burst of automatic fire up front and to our left brings the column to a halt as we then squat on the wet ground and watch the tracers shoot off across the night sky . |
| 4 | By the time we had crossed two more we had decided to stop drying our feet and re-booting after each one , and set off across the bogs in bare feet . |
| 5 | Scunthorpe survived largely because Futcher thought he was offside when he was n't and Deary was when he should n't have been — his 81st-minute goal being disallowed to the despair of the home fans and the delight of those setting off across the black hills . |
| 6 | There was obviously a larger village of Buscot here , around the church and parsonage , for the present village lies some way off across the fields . |
| 7 | But woe betide any minister who does not possess a country seat and sets off across the Channel to ‘ abroad ’ . |
| 8 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 9 | Bikini bottoms look more like high-waisted hot pants , while swimsuits are squared off across the thighs or skirted . |
| 10 | While he was doing this , an Imperial Airways airliner , due to fly to London , prepared to lumber off across the Channel . |
| 11 | He outlined his idea for a movie plot , which was basically the story of two Californian friends who decide to make a once-and-for-all fortune by selling a consignment of cocaine , and then setting off across the country for a marijuana-cum-motorbikes adventure . |
| 12 | A crowd , which the Derry Journal estimated at 15,000 set off across the bridge , to be brought to a halt by the stewards thirty yards from the police barriers at Carlisle Square . |
| 13 | The two groups set off across the desert westwards towards Ghadames . |
| 14 | He strode off across the green to his home , leaving John fuming . |
| 15 | Rushing off across the moors he set off in pursuit of Tamara . |
| 16 | On this occasion he ran off across the field , but was later arrested . |
| 17 | She was the last passenger to set off across the tracks , laden with parcels from her shopping trip , and the little boy tagging along behind . |
| 18 | But he did n't like being imprisoned any more than me and one night made off across the wire with a pal of his , disposing of a sentry along the way . |
| 19 | He therefore decided to send the bulk of the army back to its base at Newcastle , while 500 cavalry , commanded by General James Oglethorpe , set off across the Pennines to try to harass the enemy flanks and rear . |
| 20 | Many riders we hear about seem unjustifiably timid about taking themselves and their horses off across the countryside . |
| 21 | But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet . |
| 22 | One person sets off across the pool facing away from the children and says ‘ What 's the time Mr Shark ’ ? |
| 23 | Thus each evening Silene bathes her white body in the ocean , then sets off across the skies to caress her sleeping lover . |
| 24 | Our visitors rose , said their farewells and walked off across the court again . |
| 25 | Masklin grabbed the Thing and took off across the polished surface . |
| 26 | I dumped the carrier with my groceries down beside the road , and set off across the moor . |
| 27 | Peter , half hearing , said , ‘ Oh , I 'm desperate all right , ’ and gave a little barking laugh , and set off across the bus station to the car park , grasping Laura 's luggage . |
| 28 | The need to separate the functions of chairman and chief executive has been a raging debate in City of London parlours for the past couple or years , and companies at which the two roles are combined in one person have been under enormous pressure to accept a separation of powers : now the same debate could take off across the Atlantic as Compaq Computer Corp 's ( non-executive ) chairman Ben Rosen tells the House Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee that the troubles that have beset some of America 's largest companies can be traced to cozy relationships between their boards and their chief executives — he declares that the boards of most US companies are chaired by the company 's chief executive , who picks the board members and controls the agenda — ‘ With an appropriate form of corporate governance , I fully believe that the current problems of IBM , Digital Equipment , Westinghouse and other major American corporations could have been addressed and probably solved far earlier with much reduced ill effects , ’ Rosen told the legislators , adding that a company 's chairman should be a ‘ truly outside independent director , ’ not the chief executive or a former chief executive , and that all board members , with the exception of the chief executive , should also be outsiders , who should get their directors ' fees in the form of shares or options . |
| 29 | A whimbrel got up with its familiar tittering whistle and flew off across the sand-flats . |
| 30 | It is still early and you can drive out towards Apt and branch off across the Lubéron . |