Example sentences of "they [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 32 | Then they set off over the fields for the nearest village , two miles away . |
| 33 | They set off through the drizzling rain , climbing the steep path up the rock which the monks said was popularly known as Arthur 's Seat . |
| 34 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 35 | At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk . |
| 36 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 37 | He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’ |
| 38 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 39 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 40 | Side by side , a matching pair , both in their best clothes , they set off for the police station on Royal Hill . |
| 41 | A young attendant in a blue uniform respectfully opened the door , and as soon as Luce had been settled into the grey suede luxury of the front passenger-seat they set off for the mainland . |
| 42 | Taking his towelling bath robe out of his suitcase and one of the rugs from the back of the car , they set off towards the cliff . |
| 43 | After hearing pro-Yeltsin and anti-Gorbachev speeches they set off towards the Kremlin down Tverskaya ( formerly Gorky Street ) , Moscow 's main thoroughfare . |
| 44 | Before they set off up the beach , both bared white teeth in sudden , violent smiles . |
| 45 | From there they set off to the landing ground which was Fraser 's target . |
| 46 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 47 | At nightfall they set off down the escarpment and in holiday mood were soon bowling merrily along the coast road . |
| 48 | They set off down the lane , Elizabeth , Jonna and Jonadab going ahead on three heavy horses and the men and dogs following , slipping and skidding on the hard-packed snow trodden down by the shires . |
| 49 | Jack agreed and they set off down the track side , treading carefully in case they tripped over signal wire . |
| 50 | They set off down the passage and the assistant sealed them in before returning to the shop . |
| 51 | Stringing themselves out in a ragged line , a scout-masterish type at the head , they set off down the valley . |
| 52 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 53 | Then they set off after the horses . |
| 54 | They set off from the same place but , like pieces of something that had just exploded , they each took a different course across the lawn . |
| 55 | They set off from the village of Arghuri on the morning of June 20th , in the year of Our Lord 1840 , accompanied only by their Kurdish guide . |
| 56 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 57 | They trooped off into the night , short of food and water , but incredibly a freak rainstorm burst , turning the desert into a lake . |
| 58 | They scuttled off after the other boys . |
| 59 | Jack chucked her her helmet , stowed the emergency gear and fired up his bike , and in seconds she was clinging on behind him as the sirens wailed and they took off through the car park as if the hounds of hell were after them . |
| 60 | RUGBY LEAGUE came out of the north of England because a number of Yorkshire and Lancashire businessmen thought that talented lads should be compensated for time they took off from the pit or the plant . |