Example sentences of "he [verb] off into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he plunged off into the Britches to check the nest-boxes . |
| 2 | Suddenly he drifts off into a momentary reverie , gradually descending back to earth . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you , now take your letter to Hay , then hurry home ! ’ he called as he rode off into the distance . |
| 4 | Leaving Murti Lāl at the hut to guard the lambs , he wandered off into the mist , whistling to the sheep as he steered them up across the bare rock face to a higher plateau , where the ground was marshy and the grass coarse and wiry and spiked with reeds . |
| 5 | He wandered off into the shadow , his head tilted backwards . |
| 6 | He jumped the queue at the ticket counter — his stub realized $I8- but he went on standing there in line , his head babyishly lolling with impatience , before he peeled off into the store-flanked tunnels . |
| 7 | He took off into a pretty strong cross-wind but that 's about all I know . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's the drivers that run this town , ’ muttered one politician as he tripped off into the driveway . |
| 9 | He went off into a reverie , dreaming of proleptic man . |
| 10 | He went off into the kitchen and came back with an apple pie . |
| 11 | He went off into the kitchen . |
| 12 | He strode off into the darkness , and Jessamy gave a resigned shake of her head . |
| 13 | He marched off into the heart of Whitechapel . |
| 14 | Is he arguing — as he seemed to be before he lurched off into the quotation — that no examination result should be made available to Scottish parents ? |
| 15 | And he ran off into the trees . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah well , ’ he said finally , ‘ if he tried to get his own back for his son 's trouble , we will have to crack his head too , ’ and he swept off into the dance . |
| 17 | His game-plan ensured , he set off into the advertising world , swiftly rising from accounts like Oxfam , Nescafé and the Government 's drink-and-drive campaign at Wasey Campbell- Ewald to Tinker and Partners , where he became deputy to Caroline Le Bas . |
| 18 | He set off into the fog to find out where he was , and came back to find Tess fast asleep . |
| 19 | But some doubted and one , Rol , who was a great war leader , mistrusted the feelings which prompted the Myrcans to wage war and was sickened by the killing , so he set off into the mountains to seek the Dwarves and avail himself of their ancient wisdom . |
| 20 | He backed off into the centre of the room . |