Sentence examples for off to fetch from inspiring English sources

She breaks off to fetch her diary from a desk, and reads aloud a few lines by Ezra Pound.

With that England's erstwhile blood-stained warrior is off, to fetch a plate of sandwiches for a local radio reporter.

Two panicky monks say that "political" questions are not allowed, and rush off to fetch a breathless official from the exiled government to reinforce the message.The Karmapa, whose smile can light up the neighbourhood, seems tired and rather dour.

"So, do we really think the world is on fire?" Mr. Branson, the British magnate and adventurer, asked several guests as a manservant scurried off to fetch him another glass of pinot grigio.

He slinks off to fetch Bill, conceding defeat, sort of, only for Bill to have another go: "This is neither the time nor the place to mark your territory".

Kline, accustomed to the stage fright of civilians, tolerantly asks for the chicken salad, and the waitress rushes off to fetch it, ignoring the accompanying stranger, who is also hungry but not wearing a bespoke suit.

It is unclear why Atkinson set off south to fetch Scott and his men, while the lack of dog food at One Ton Depot supposedly meant that Scott's orders for meeting him on 1 March at latitude 82 or 82.30 could not possibly be carried out.

From there it was off to Whole Foods to fetch a few groceries.

"Cinderella has to go to bed," she said, slipping off her chair to fetch her husband.

While Wanjiru's house was being built, he and Gatheru had watched the workers hop off the balcony to fetch tools, so it was not a stretch to imagine that he had tried to jump himself.

The doctor she went off, mid-process, to fetch was probably more or less human too – by that point my judgment was somewhat impaired – but neither appeared to have even the most basic comprehension of my position.