Example sentences of "and [vb past] off for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said later he saw the 109s and took off for home . |
| 2 | Why did n't you tell me ? ’ and ran off for help . |
| 3 | You may refuse to believe it 's happened to you : some people who 've been made redundant pretend everything 's the way it was and set off for work at the same time , then spend hours hanging around the streets , teashops or libraries until they can go home at the usual time . |
| 4 | I must go and break it to dear Dimity , and then we must clear up things here , and set off for Thrush Green without delay . ’ |
| 5 | She turned to her right and set off for home , all thought and feeling evacuated along with her energy and her sweat , in touch only with the irregular paving-stones , the light-rays interrupting the pink-grey clouds , the number-plates of cars , the lines on the faces that passed her , the name of the day , its date . |
| 6 | They got their rods and landing nets together and set off for home . |