Example sentences of "off [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went off to parade for lunch ; this meant ten minutes doing press-ups with the Corporal halting us in mid exercise so that we were poised between the ground and the arms-stretched position — as our limbs weakened so people started to slump and collapse , which resulted in kicks and blows . |
| 2 | And , once he had taken three months off to play for England in Australia , the rumour seemed to have died the death . |
| 3 | The following year , in May , I sneaked off to audition for Tiller without my mother 's knowledge . |
| 4 | He threw it in the trolley and went off to look for things Elinor did n't like . |
| 5 | I set off to look for Nigel — quite a long way down , as the staircases did n't connect and one had to walk the complete length of the first-floor gallery before descending the second . |
| 6 | Has it gone off to look for Buck ? ’ |
| 7 | And she went off to look for Moominpappa to ask him to put up two more beds — very , very small ones . |
| 8 | The old man went on his way , and I put my bag on a supermarket trolley and wheeled it off to look for Mr Coary . |
| 9 | Sir Wilfrid went off to look for Tobermory . |
| 10 | Every year after the three-hours service on Good Friday , in which we choir boys were divided into three groups to lead the singing of the hymns , each group for an hour , a number of villagers went off to look for primroses in the hedgerows and woods . |
| 11 | He went off to look for coffee . |
| 12 | The two of them are off to ride for Britain in the European championships … their first big international test … their time has come … |
| 13 | By the time I was 22 , I 'd run up nearly £4,000 in debt , and was beginning to fall behind with the payments because I rested sending money off to pay for clothes I 'd fallen out of love with . |
| 14 | A lot of them are studying other things besides Italian and so they take time off to prepare for exams . |