Example sentences of "he [be] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Tony announces that he is off for a crumble , an expression that has taken his fancy and replaced the computerese of going for a ‘ system dump . ’ |
2 | Until he is off with the old , he can not be on with the new . |
3 | He is off on a stravaig past Atholl , looking for cheap horses . |
4 | Then you get so drunk that he steals your cab and he 's off on the loose once more . ’ |
5 | He apparently retains his seat on Silicon Graphics Inc 's board and his post as head of Mips ' architecture committee but it seems he 's off with a new venture-backed workstation company called NetPower Systems Inc . |
6 | The Microprocessor Report expects Bob Miller to be replaced at MIPS Technologies Inc : he apparently retains his seat on Silicon Graphics Inc 's board and his post as head of MIPS ' architecture committee but it seems he 's off with a new venture-backed workstation company called NetPower Systems Inc ; he would n't discuss product plans but the newsletter thinks that it will market low-cost MIPS R-series workstations made by OEM suppliers . |
7 | British under 16 champion twice now he 's off to the European Championships … |
8 | A sick thing , he 's off for a week . |
9 | And then he was off up the stairs with Wilson , panting behind , trying to fathom the significance of his relief . |
10 | Now he was off to a nine p.m. to one a.m . |
11 | Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party . |
12 | Telling MPs why he was off to the ‘ icy wastes ’ of the backbenches , the ex-Fun Minister said he felt like Captain Oates — the member of Scott 's Antarctic expedition who walked out into the snow to die to give his companions a better chance of survival . |
13 | When Minton first met him he had already discovered Soho and , whilst telling his opera-singer mother that he was off to the Science Museum , would take the tube to Tottenham Court Road to wash dishes in the Budapest run by Victor Sassie ( later the proprietor of the Gay Hussar ) . |
14 | THE business worked by magic — until Musgrave donned his only clean suit , the infallible sign that he was off on a call to Lord Glenconner or Sir Michael Culmne-Seymour , who used to bail him out to the tune of £50 or £100 . |
15 | He had a bag with him , a small suitcase really , so I asked if he was off on a late holiday . |
16 | He was off in a flash . |
17 | He was some minutes there outside the door , until he heard you stirring to come out , then he was off in a hurry . |
18 | He was off in a swirl of lace and black skirts . |
19 | The main consideration in gaining a clear conscience is that we work out the wording carefully in advance as the prodigal son did when he was off in the far country . |
20 | Well you took all this sort of things in your stride but the next day we heard about these houses being knocked down , you see , and I think that 's the nearest I 've been to be killed but one day , one Saturday and that was in a daylight raid , one Saturday afternoon because , you see , I was off every afternoon but I worked till ten every night , you see , and er so erm but of course Hugh worked during the day and he was off in the evening , that 's why he used to come down to see , to see us and er he used to come in er you see and leave his lodgings and , oh be about nine o'clock and he spent the last day up there perhaps with his friends , have a chat , and er , you see , and but er and I was walking along it was called and suddenly a plane came over and I thought oh I expect it 's one of ours . |