Example sentences of "go off into the " in BNC.

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1 So at one extreme you 've got the explorer who simply goes off into the unknown .
2 Jesus , filled with the Spirit , goes off into the wilderness , the place where Israel had been tested for forty .
3 and all that , then he took no notice of that , now do n't tip them silly , what the bloody hell you doing that for ? , do n't be so daft , so any way , then Stuart goes off into the showers and turns the showers on
4 There was a flourish of the saxophone , a twirl and a curtsy from Rose , a rise and a bow from Bernie and a scatter of faint applause from what seemed a very distant audience , and then there were Rose and Bernie almost on top of her , snarling at each other about something , going off into the darkened wings arguing at the top of their voices .
5 Sure , they are soon going off into the night , their lights flickering and fading , but it will be with dignity .
6 It was not everyone who would have relished going off into the dark forest ; Lugh did not relish it at all , in fact .
7 And thought : and Floy is going off into the midst of all these and it is perfectly possible that I shall never see him again .
8 The assistant recorder , David Barlett , told Burnett : ‘ Like a latter-day Francis Drake , you go off into the ocean , heading apparently for France , but it turns out actually in the direction of Canada .
9 ‘ He seems to have gone off into the wilds of Turkey on some dig or other , and got so interested that he forgot to come back .
10 He would go off into the mountains for days on end .
11 I mean , if he did go off into the wilds of Anatolia , or somewhere remote like that — something might happen to him in some village , where he is n't known . ’
12 ‘ Why did you go off into the woods ?
13 ‘ Thank you , ’ said Lucy softly , hugged her again and went off into the night .
14 But presently the crowd loosened into smaller groups and a good many people went off into the village or set off for outlying farms .
15 He squeezed them and kissed them and went off into the house .
16 She went off into the kitchen .
17 Isabel nodded and went off into the garden .
18 Eventually I left them to it and went off into the night , the bells keeping me company through the streets .
19 The trio of actors became close off set , though with Fonda a committed monogamist , Hopper and Nicholson often went off into the night ; on one occasion they shared a memorable experience with LSD , so memorable , in fact , that both men have chosen , separately , to recall it in detail , as best they could .
20 Fortunately other workers were near enough to restrain Uncle Fred before he had time to carry out his threat , with the result that a badly shaken farmer went off into the farmhouse , saying that he would fetch the police in the morning — no telephones in those days .
21 I pushed hard and I picked up some places , but then in the bad conditions Lehto caught me and I went off into the wet and that was it . ’
22 He went off into the kitchen and came back with an apple pie .
23 When they grew up and went off into the wild I suffered dreadful pangs .
24 He went off into the kitchen .
25 I would die first — leaving him to die on stage while I went off into the wings . ’
26 Ashley nodded , and , as she went off into the kitchen , Vitor took the little boy to collect his present .
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