Example sentences of "and [verb] off into " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This way , ’ she said firmly , and plunged off into a perfumery hall of gleaming marble , as lush as some Byzantine church . |
| 2 | TRANSFORMER 2 follow up their massive ‘ Pacific Symphony Too ’ club hit with ‘ Fruit Of Love ’ , already creating a stir and set to step out of the clubs and branch off into higher regions . |
| 3 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 4 | He knows it , and drives off into the night licking his dollar lips . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't need the river — one look at you is enough ! ’ she declared , and stalked off into the trees . |
| 6 | Nearly fifty years ago a posh , lanky young man packed his bags and made off into the undergrowth of England . |
| 7 | They battered us into the bushes , and made off into the forest with the cart and the team and the load , and left us to limp away on foot wherever we would . |
| 8 | Blanche glanced up and down the empty pavement , slid on her leather gloves and loped off into the night . |
| 9 | The first problem occurred when they left the road and moved off into the open desert . |
| 10 | Then , throwing her a wink , he turned and moved off into the crowd . |
| 11 | It 's not only the alcohol that 's suffered from self-enforced cutbacks : the Franks ( ironically enough ) used to be a Martini band — any gig , any town , any night , they 'd pack their guitars and socks and head off into the Tranzophobic sunset , until exhaustion fully reared its head and the heart decided that home was definitely the place to be . |
| 12 | The kids are presented as decent and thoughtful , and there 's an Arcadian absence of the stress and violence which some might look for in a class where the teacher swears and free-associates , and throws up and bunks off into the bargain . |
| 13 | A SIX-day-old baby escaped with just scratches after being plucked from her father 's arms by a tornado and carried off into the night . |
| 14 | William , though himself without a helmet , fought like a lion to avenge his uncle 's death but was eventually overborne by weight of numbers as well as by another sword thrust from behind — and carried off into captivity . |
| 15 | After a cursory ‘ Ireland will be free , ’ the politician then adds with glee ‘ but what I really want to say is thank you mother , thank you father , thank you … ’ and heads off into the normal ‘ thank you auntie Doreen ’ award winner 's speech . |
| 16 | As far away from bleeping techno ambience as they are from indie grunge guitars , their debut EP , ‘ This Is Freaky Realistic ’ , strides boldly across four decades ( from Dylan to Da Lench Mob ) , musical genres ( funk , rock , folk , hip-hop and pop ) , and heads off into some hitherto uncharted dimension . |
| 17 | She struggled to her feet , her only thought to avoid discovery , and staggered off into the darkness . |
| 18 | Minutes later , Rachel was running out on to the road , hailing a taxi and driving off into Central . |
| 19 | I was convinced he was about to do the same to me , when he suddenly appeared to notice the tent for the first time , shied away and crashed off into the trees . |
| 20 | He put down his glass of tea , lifted the rifle to his shoulder and trudged off into the debris . |
| 21 | He made her as comfortable as possible on the back seat of the car and drove off into the night . |
| 22 | In the end , Anna borrowed Lady Vestey 's BMW car and drove off into the night , angry and humiliated at her very public snub . |
| 23 | The driver , with the predictability of all motorists over the last few weeks , commented on the petrol crisis , overcharged grossly , and drove off into the night . |
| 24 | The thought played over and over in her mind as she waved an absent-minded farewell and drove off into the night alone . |
| 25 | And best of all , inevitably , the celestial ‘ Car Wash Hair ’ is included here , where the band successfully sound like an entire orchestra swapping instruments mid-song , just about keeping their cool and gliding off into deep melody space , against the odds , with real elegant chaos . |
| 26 | Not to mention every day of the week when you climb on that evil machine and ride off into the sunset ! ’ |
| 27 | The horses lose interest and sashay off into the night . |
| 28 | At the last moment the hare sensed the danger and bounded off into the undergrowth . |
| 29 | Frantic parents continued to hassle and swear and at last the stoat grew tired and bounded off into the cover of a pine tree windbreak . |
| 30 | Bailey pauses and stares off into space . |