Example sentences of "was off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And with that he reined the mare 's head about and was off down the lane , brandishing the crop , significantly , above his shoulder . |
| 2 | The breed in Sweden was off to a tremendous start and from this position of strength , Swedish people have produced over the years some very good Rottweilers . |
| 3 | Old Peter was off to a STBO Club trip to Warwick Castle and besides , we 'd pay him for the two barrowloads we liberated . |
| 4 | The Health Secretary was off to a private party . |
| 5 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc chief Jerry Sanders is not at all phased by Intel Corp 's excoriation and he told the conference his company was off to a good start for another year of record revenues , with a target of $1,650m in 1993 , $2,000m in 1994 and $3,000m by 1997 , and expects to ship 4m Am486 chips in 1994 for a 15% market share . |
| 6 | So it was off to a wet and windy Heathrow Airport , a BA Super Shuttle to Glasgow , and a twenty minute road journey to the factory . |
| 7 | So it was off to a wet and windy Heathrow Airport , a BA Super Shuttle to Glasgow , and a twenty minute road journey to the factory . |
| 8 | Now he was off to a nine p.m. to one a.m . |
| 9 | After the show had ended , the black Cizeta on display was off to the company 's first client in Singapore , who 'll be $630,000 lighter for the privilege of owning the world 's only V16-engined production car . |
| 10 | In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary . |
| 11 | Lady Rutherford was off to the kitchen like a steamship , with us trailing in her wake . |
| 12 | Someone had mentioned that the ski-jump was off to the right , but visibility was only 50 yards and it could not be seen . |
| 13 | Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party . |
| 14 | Telling MPs why he was off to the ‘ icy wastes ’ of the backbenches , the ex-Fun Minister said he felt like Captain Oates — the member of Scott 's Antarctic expedition who walked out into the snow to die to give his companions a better chance of survival . |
| 15 | When Minton first met him he had already discovered Soho and , whilst telling his opera-singer mother that he was off to the Science Museum , would take the tube to Tottenham Court Road to wash dishes in the Budapest run by Victor Sassie ( later the proprietor of the Gay Hussar ) . |
| 16 | So it was off to the department stores of central London with a LASMO cheque to kit himself out with warm and waterproof clothes as a matter of some urgency . |
| 17 | In the evening it was off to the Scottish Crofters Union Annual Dinner . |
| 18 | By the time he told her he must go , and was off to the Republic for a day or two , she was placated . |
| 19 | By this time Lewis was off into a fantasy in which a girl Adam had got pregnant had been abandoned by him with their child at Wyvis Hall where she had later been murdered by a sinister caretaker . |
| 20 | She was off into the scullery to stir the stew ; she was one of those women who will never give anybody the satisfaction of her undivided attention . |
| 21 | Behind him a huge , dangerous-looking jogger in bright purple shorts thundered up and then , after a brief , explosive display of sweat and breath , was off into the quaking grass . |
| 22 | He did a sprightly two-step , twirled , and was off across the lawn , shouting , ‘ Come on , Darken . |
| 23 | Then Waters hit me on the shoulder and I was off across the paddock concentrating on the spot where Werewolf had suddenly vanished into the trees . |
| 24 | And then he was off up the stairs with Wilson , panting behind , trying to fathom the significance of his relief . |
| 25 | Fiver was off up the field like a hare . |
| 26 | She was off up the stairs without another word . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't let me see yer here agen , ’ he warned me , but I was off at a run . |
| 28 | How , after such an accident , its limbs managed any speed at all was a miracle , but it was off at a pace that Marlin could n't hope to match . |
| 29 | He smiled back at them , shifting his weight smoothly from foot to foot as he reversed , turned again and was off at an ever accelerating pace round the bend of the lake and swiftly out of sight . |
| 30 | Caitlin was off at the BBC studios , he was appearing on Crimewatch later in the evening . |