Example sentences of "[verb] off to catch [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a female has dug a burrow , she closes the entrance , and flies off to catch a caterpillar . |
| 2 | On arrival at the log cabin he insisted : ‘ Well , I 'm going off to catch a bear with my bare hands : who 's coming with me ? ’ |
| 3 | Had set off to catch the bus . |
| 4 | Once we 'd established that nothing had been left behind Emily went off to catch a bus and I decided that no one would mind if I popped my head round the doors of the suite of rooms which George had occupied . |
| 5 | White faced the official carpeting , defused the attacks with a firm but polite dignity , and went off to catch the next train unaffected by the experience . |
| 6 | ‘ She said she thought Dick and Joy had forgotten they were to pick her up , so she set off to catch the bus . ’ |