Example sentences of "and [vb past] off [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trucks eventually swung into the camp 's orbit and moved off to unload stores . |
| 2 | He shook his head , then took a plate and wandered off to choose cakes for his tea . |
| 3 | She grunted her assent and shuffled off to collect Klift . |
| 4 | ‘ Best get on , get off and get out , love , ’ said Malc gently , and went off to watch Tanya dispose of the tennis balls , leaving me to climb into my home-made stage gear . |
| 5 | Doone said a shade heavily , ‘ Mr Kendall 's always helpful , ’ and Perkin made a face and went off to join Mackie . |
| 6 | Horsley passed the test and went off to see Thornton , who was still simmering and had nothing but dire warnings for him . |
| 7 | She danced several dances with John , who then excused himself and went off to talk business with Rodet . |
| 8 | He walked away with dignity and went off to tell Cathbad to make several small fires instead of one big one that night , just in case their usual large fire was large enough to attract unwelcome attention . |
| 9 | ‘ I had every intention of becoming a pianist or conductor but in a great flash of realisation I decided that I would only ever be a mediocre musician and went off to study drama . ’ |
| 10 | He picked up a beefburger at one of the stalls in the Tented Village and set off to overtake Bryan Thomson 's match . |
| 11 | And so Louis took a standard from Denis as symbol that he was the saint 's vassal ( see p. 105 ) , summoned the feudatories of France , and set off to defend Rheims . |
| 12 | Then he straightened up , reminded himself of the import of his task , and set off to find Sheldukher . |
| 13 | The small family lunched together and then at 2pm Thomas hitched the pony to his small cart and set off to make deliveries to farms and cottages in the more remote areas of nearby Winkfield Plain . |
| 14 | Sandison got up , put a few coins on the café table and set off to meet Maidstone . |