Example sentences of "off [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What sort of accommodation have you got in Harwich ? ’ she asked , as we went off to sit down in the lounge . |
| 2 | So she went off to go doggedly through the full factual screening of Posi 's data of Fraxilly . |
| 3 | He nodded towards Thomas , who had wandered off to squat down on the terrace and poke at something at the foot of the vines . |
| 4 | After leaving the potion laboratory , she soon discovered that Mildred was not in her room and set off to look all over the school where , of course , she did not find the missing pupil . |
| 5 | One of them even took off to perch indignantly on a rooftop a good sixty yards away . |
| 6 | Full of confidence , Pliny tried to calm down the overwrought Pomponianus , and to demonstrate his own unconcern , went off to freshen up in the local baths , and subsequently sat down to eat a hearty meal . |
| 7 | Jack took one gulp , said ‘ Lovely stuff , and went off to tune in to the King 's Speech on the secret wireless , which only he could operate . |
| 8 | Sometimes I 'd have to go off and strip off to fight straight after a caddying session , off the course , drop the bag and on to the fairground . |
| 9 | They prowled across the soft carpet in their elegant high-heeled shoes , and then kicked them off to lounge seductively on the four-poster bed . |