Example sentences of "[noun] and head off [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 After quite a lot of persuasion and promises of chocolate bars , I finally got back into my canoe and headed off down the river to find my paddle and the rest of the group .
2 By the time we eventually turned to starboard and headed off towards the UK I was most anxious to get home : I was to be the best man at a wedding that day , and I had to get back before high noon , When the dawn really appeared we were lying very sedately over ( and we were not aware of it at the time ) Belgium .
3 Tony and I drag our boats up the beach and head off to the rocks , our balance oddly disturbed by the many hours afloat .
4 Blunset listened carefully , jotting down the odd note in his notebook and headed off down the corridor .
5 It 's not only the alcohol that 's suffered from self-enforced cutbacks : the Franks ( ironically enough ) used to be a Martini band — any gig , any town , any night , they 'd pack their guitars and socks and head off into the Tranzophobic sunset , until exhaustion fully reared its head and the heart decided that home was definitely the place to be .
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