Example sentences of "and [verb] off [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He decides he must do something about it and goes off to find the works engineer . |
| 2 | On reading such statements , would Ptolemy have seen the error of his ways , instantly recanted and toddled off to join the Copernican revolution ? |
| 3 | In time , however , she rose and moved off to sample the hedgerow , stretching her long , white neck to nibble delicately at the tips of the hawthorn . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ Santerre mumbled and trudged off to join the others . |
| 5 | Realizing this , Randy shook off Mike at the throw-in and raced off to level the score . |
| 6 | This tube of black plastic at the front of the gun is turned and pulled off to allow the nozzle to be used in particularly tight spots . |
| 7 | ‘ He wo n't , then , for he took the cross in the summer , after he 'd placed me here , and went off to join the Bishop of Winchester in the Holy Land , ’ said young Blount delightedly . |
| 8 | Piers made some feeble joke and went off to get the lunch from the car with Peter . |
| 9 | Two cyclists eventually stopped and went off to raise the alarm . |
| 10 | White faced the official carpeting , defused the attacks with a firm but polite dignity , and went off to catch the next train unaffected by the experience . |
| 11 | Dorothea sat her down and padded her in with cushions , smiled vaguely and went off to make the tea . |
| 12 | By June 23rd he had found some , and took off to fly the bag to Balsley in his hospital . |
| 13 | A peasant catches two partridges , takes them home to his wife to cook and sets off to invite the village priest to join them . |
| 14 | After a day or two of piste-aching Jack threw in the towel and headed off to join the cross-country skiers . |
| 15 | So the arrival at the Grand Quay of that famous pirate ship the ‘ Black Pig ’ caused no excitement , and Captain Pugwash , the Mate , Barnabas , Willy and Tom the cabin boy attracted little attention as they stepped down the gangplank and set off to view the sights of the town . |
| 16 | She finished her coffee , and set off to explore the town . |
| 17 | He carried on past and found a place to pull off the road , and then he collected together his flashlight and a roll of tools and set off to walk the short distance back . |
| 18 | Shelley made up her mind , and set off to walk the quarter of a mile . |
| 19 | Stephen gave an absent-minded nod and hurried off to solve the next problem . |