Meanwhile, the other half swanned off to work every morning for a relaxing day in the office.

I don't often go swanning off to the Caribbean.

Look, I believe you are swanning off to Wimbledon this afternoon.

Or else she's gone swanning off somewhere, no forwarding address for old Da here.

"He cannot leave them defenseless by swanning off."

Brit actors are always swanning off to Hollywood.

“He made life difficult for me to get away because he didn’t want me swanning off on leave.”

So they swanned off instead on the euro, asylum seekers, stuff that didn't directly affect voters' lives right now.

Nor was he at all happy with the idea of me swanning off to France with the Parsons.

Instead, he swans off to the coffee shop and leaves her to her own resources.' '

McEwan swanned off back through the double doors, leaving them swinging, saloon-style, in his wake.

I mean, you might be able to go swanning off to America on a whim, but I do have to think about the expense.

Critics have slammed the Prime Minister for 'swanning off' to the Mediterranean.

I can't wait to show you what I have been up to since you went swanning off to Egypt.

Surely footballers should be more committed to playing in competitive games for their direct employers than swanning off abroad to promote sponsors.

He was working at the Budokwai and wanted me to take his clients for personal tuition while he swanned off to the south of France.

Goodwin: I bankrupted my bank, forced the British taxpayers into a bail-out they couldn’t afford and swanned off with a huge pension.

Instead, she swans off to Majorca with my best friend's ex-husband and claims the reason I'm angry is because I'm jealous.

(Obese and happy — he swanned off to Sydney — FT’s pacific island correspondent)

She said: "While the country struggles to come to terms with the vile crime in Woolwich, he has swanned off to Ibiza.

Afterwards I worked my damnedest to appear as childless as possible - working through the night, zipping home to breastfeed while everyone else swanned off to lunch.

But receiving an automatic out-of-office email about 'swanning off' on a wonderful vacation is guaranteed to make you furious, claims a list compiled by a consultancy firm.

And we are meant to thank them for prancing around their palaces, swanning off all over the world, and posing for the cameras whilst holding sick children?

But then there's Ella Wesner, who swanned off to Paris with a famous actress and lived openly with her in Paris.