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

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1 ( Dana would never dream of doing such a thing — he would just take off into the void and somehow find his way around . )
2 Raging at Felipe had just been because she 'd been shocked and scared for him when she 'd seen him take off into the air .
3 Three or four dropped into the darkness and choc ice wrappers , dead ; a few fluttered aimlessly to rest around us ; some took off into the vast space above .
4 The aircraft took off into the darkness .
5 The bat flapped around his misshapen hat and took off into the dark .
6 Pushing his way through the bushes along the side of the path , Greg took off into the gardens of Meadowbanks , flanking the fire-fighting operation along the front of the house .
7 We took off into the last of the evening sun in poor visibility and I do not recall seeing any of the aircraft that took-off in front of me rise in the evening murk , I was too busy putting the nose down and squeezing a bit more speed out of the lumbering Whitley as we cleared the boundary .
8 It seemed he was deliberately galloping very close past her to upset her chestnut mare , who kept taking off into the pampas .
9 Perhaps it would have been better to use the subjects as springboards for complete fiction , leaving the pedantic detail — and the risk of libel suits — behind , and taking off into the story-telling stratosphere .
10 Unnerved by Alejandro 's great roar of laughter , Maldita had taken off into the pampas , somehow miraculously missing rabbit holes and fallen logs as she hurtled along .
11 Three advance hand in hand over irregular ground , the last half-hidden by the rim , and around the other sides ( fig. 115 ) others , some with transparent drapery , have taken off into the air and float free — an imaginative adaptation of the black background to the new idea of spatial setting .
12 The duty officer has to be on hand , not only to greet the pilots and passengers , but to make sure the plane gets refuelled and baggage is taken off into the airport .
13 Picture them , Tabitha Jute and Marco Metz , as they walk out across the spaceport tarmac this chilly Schiaparelli evening , to climb aboard the not-quite-redeemed Alice and take off into the Martian sky , bound on a journey that will take them to Plenty — and far , far beyond .
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