Example sentences of "then [verb] off into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said I believed them to be following the correct route and then crept off into the mist surreptitiously to whip out my compass . |
| 2 | He talked about the murder victim sprawled across the pavement , and then wandered off into a conversation about a comedian called Ken Dodd . |
| 3 | It whined , backed away with its eyes fixed on Grimma , and then darted off into the darkness . |
| 4 | I landed on all fours , stayed on all fours , then scampered off into the blackness . |
| 5 | Having come very close to the heart of the matter , Bukharin then slid off into a discussion of the role of workers ’ consumption in the circulation of capital ; all of which is correct , but he failed to explicate the mechanism by which such a disproportionality comes about . |