Example sentences of "and [verb] off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 2 | This is the beginning of the classic route to follow on a walking tour of Zurich , starting from the main railway station through the sophisticated poise of the Bahnhofstrasse and branching off for the Lindenhof . |
| 3 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 4 | In the meantime it remains unused and sealed off for much of the year . |
| 5 | Ossie and Tito steal him back and set off for the wild reaches of western Ireland with Byrne , Kelly and their friend Kathleen ( Barkin ) in hot pursuit . |
| 6 | For over a year she had been cutting out coupons from magazines and sending off for make-up samples that she had kept hidden in a small suitcase in the boathouse ; since her grandmother 's death she had brought them indoors and experimented openly , primping all day long , leaving streaks of grease everywhere , on the table cloth , on the bathroom shelves . |
| 7 | Got away with it because the other bobbies saw me home and signed off for me . |
| 8 | I went out into Main Street and started off for the pier . |
| 9 | But he said that the amnesty would not cover players who had been shown the red card and sent off for serious offences during qualifying games . |
| 10 | But he said that the amnesty would not cover players who had been shown the red card and sent off for serious offences during qualifying games . |
| 11 | ‘ Through the bank I ordered one dollar , two dollars maybe , and sent off for it . |
| 12 | ‘ He 'll be delighted to have a break and go off for a pint . |
| 13 | ‘ I hate my fat knees , ’ she said , and went off for a ten-mile hike . |
| 14 | And if he 's simply got tired of the pressure and gone off for six months to play golf and be with his family , they usually say he 's short of bottle . |
| 15 | He had burned his bridges in Hollywood and took off for the seclusion of Taos to hide away , his life having come to another dead end , cursed by his own self-destructiveness and sheer bad luck . |
| 16 | He said later he saw the 109s and took off for home . |
| 17 | It was flown by Geoff Dodd , a company pilot : ‘ I picked up my survival suit , cleared Special Branch , and took off for the Isle of Man suited-up and wearing a life-jacket . |
| 18 | Sometimes he left the food , leaned into the wind and took off for a while , to circle and check that no Men were about . |
| 19 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
| 20 | I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe . |
| 21 | THREE or four times a month a Royal Bank lorry laden with 4 tonnes of waste paper pulls out of Drummond House and sets off for a paper mill in Fife . |
| 22 | Why did n't you tell me ? ’ and ran off for help . |
| 23 | She might as well cut her losses and take off for Phobos or Longevity , see if there was anything there , see if there was anyone that had n't flown down for carnival . |
| 24 | There was time only to grab a piece of burnt toast before jumping into her car and setting off for London . |
| 25 | The next day we hired a Panda auto and nipped off for a game of golf , it had been rather warm and on returning Sonya suggested I remove my cerise tweeds and let my cornet Kascade down . |
| 26 | He got up and dressed as though in a trance , and set off for the Castle with the hangdog look of a condemned man . |
| 27 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 28 | Then they have five days to sell the dog , make arrangements for the wife and kids and set off for Moscow 's Star City , ’ he said . |
| 29 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |
| 30 | He bounded over the thirteenth and fourteenth and set off for the Chair , that huge open ditch which forms the biggest obstacle on the course . |