Example sentences of "off to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , fuck you ! ’ shouted Martin , and stomped off to the spare room . |
| 2 | Before lining up for the first race of the season it 's off to the now-standard bits-and-bobs shop , where you can spend up to $100,000 upgrading your jalopy . |
| 3 | It would then whoosh straight off to the central cashiers ' office . |
| 4 | Last term 's fund-raising efforts have now raised £1,048 for the Leukaemia Research Fund — and two sacks of old postage stamps have been sent off to the Blue Peter Appeal in aid of Romanian children . |
| 5 | A crash of musketry off to the right flank betrayed that the farms to the west were under attack , but here in the centre , where the road led enticingly to the crossroads , the enemy was still hidden . |
| 6 | Another short blast and the school moved off to the various classrooms . |
| 7 | So that form we will send off to the various erm departments . |
| 8 | But you do n't have to rush off to the other extreme . |
| 9 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
| 10 | The mother was an unmarried girl by the name of Mercy Barnett , a whatever'sstreet trader 's daughter , ill used by a seaman who had made off to the other side of the world rather than face up to his responsibilities . |
| 11 | ‘ You take off to the other side of the world to get a clearer perspective on what 's happening here , right ? |
| 12 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |
| 13 | Four steps backwards — another curtsey and off to the other side where officials put the medal in a box and took back the hook ! |
| 14 | So even University was n't completely on one side , and again the City was erm there was this sort of Puritan element that did n't like the King 's religious policies , erm there was this general feeling against the University which tended to put them off to the other side , but there are undoubtedly loyal citizens erm citizens loyal to the King . |
| 15 | The piquancy and paradoxes of this dilemma were illustrated when the victim of the matricide was hauled out , praised , sent into battle like a version of El Cid , and then , with mingled relief and regret , seen off to the New World . |
| 16 | Everyone in London was wondering why Guy left his fiancée on her own , and flew off to the Caribbean on the spur of the moment … ’ |
| 17 | Rated third in the supercomputer market with a significant 16% stake acclaimed to it , AMT 's aim to provide affordable supercomputing systems seemingly paid off to the outside world . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm surprised you have n't had the window-frame shipped off to the Black Museum . ’ |
| 19 | By 1980 , with the IPC ‘ H ’ line to Haifa long since closed , there remained the 1.4 million b/d ‘ T ’ line to Tripoli on the Lebanese coast , with its branch off to the Syrian port at Banias . |
| 20 | The Bush Administration sent the whole issue off to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) in December last year . |
| 21 | Much of Piffetti 's work is still to be found in the royal palaces of Turin , but several superb pieces , including two exquisite pedestals , drifted off to the Quirinal in Rome , and an altar-frontal of unbelievable complexity is in the Vatican . |
| 22 | FAST-MOVING comic-strip spoof on US life and politics , Phoenix Beam 's cult American Eagle lands at Willesden Green Library Centre , 95 High Road , London NW10 ( tel : 01 451 0294 ) , December 15-16 , before zooming off to the Lyric Theatre , Hammersmith ( 01 641 2311 ) , with open workshops and signed performances for the deaf , Dec 19-Jan 13 . |
| 23 | The foothills of the Annulii march off to the distant peaks that tower dramatically into the clouds . |
| 24 | British under 16 champion twice now he 's off to the European Championships … |
| 25 | Get up with Mum , have a coffee with her before she went off to the early shift , lay the table , shout up to the little ones to get up or else , put the bacon on the grill , put the beans in the pan , butter the bread , boil the kettle . |
| 26 | Hurricanes of 213 , 229 and 238 Squadron aboard H.M.S. ‘ Furious ’ on 21 May 1941 ready to fly off to the Middle East via Malta on Operation ‘ Splice ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll give it her back , ’ said Lee , running off to the far side of the orchard . |
| 28 | If you 're planning to take off to the Far East or Australia , travel First or Golden Club Class with us and we will give you the chance to land yourself a fabulous Jaguar XJ6 in our exclusive passenger competition . |
| 29 | Off to the far left of her , jutting from the water , revealed by the ebb of the tide . |
| 30 | We take a look at nine of the hottest designs around that 'll send you panting off to the outdoor shops |