Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] off in the direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you roll an arrow the Goblin Doom Diver has missed and veered off in the direction indicated by the arrow . |
| 2 | He touched the American 's elbow and moved off in the direction of a single Ming vase standing on a pedestal nearby . |
| 3 | After she had washed and dressed in warm cord trousers , leather boots and a thick sweater , she this time took the precaution of collecting her anorak before going out to her car and driving off in the direction of Great Yarmouth . |
| 4 | He gave my passport to the Corporal who put it into his pocket , then we got into the car and drove off in the direction of Lille . |
| 5 | I touched my cap and strolled off in the direction of the Old Kent Road . |
| 6 | ‘ Have a nice time , and behave yourselves , ’ he concluded , and walked off in the direction of the garden . |
| 7 | Sometimes a little block of five or six men would detach itself from the larger mass and drift off in the direction of the track . |
| 8 | Pulling her cloak around her and laying her fork carefully along the wooden pegs on the side of the wain , Alexandra climbed the iron railings , already cold and slippery with new snow , and went off in the direction of the kitchen . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's all I can tell you at the moment , ’ Mould smiled secretively and ran off in the direction of Mr Fractor 's classroom . |
| 10 | Position markers of mother-of-pearl are inlaid offset in the rosewood , and their diminutive size once again departs from the traditional and scurries off in the direction of the new , though there 's garish or clumsy about them . |
| 11 | She climbed onto the bike and set off in the direction from which she had come , gathering speed as she descended . |
| 12 | The Doctor pointed along the corridor , and set off in the direction indicated . |
| 13 | She walked briskly out of the station , and set off in the direction of Bayswater , stopping every hundred yards or so to put down her dark blue Revelation suitcase ( a Christmas present from her parents ) and change hands . |
| 14 | Dressed as cowboys , they climbed aboard their trusty steeds ( 's Datsun ! ) and set off in the direction of the County Hall in Exeter where they ambushed the staff and persuaded them to hand over their readies . |
| 15 | As she got out , she spotted a sign to the library , and set off in the direction in which it pointed . |
| 16 | Disappointingly , the policemen took no notice of the blood , but drove off in the direction the robbers had taken , with what result I can not say . |