Example sentences of "[verb] go off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of going to parties , I 'd be out at night looking at badgers , and I 'd always be scheming to go off birdwatching or botanising . |
| 2 | She must have told Gloria off too , for the very next day , Gloria said , ‘ You got to go off to the country , ducks , health visitor says . |
| 3 | my Lord I can I 'm sitting early tomorrow because a witness is being cross examined by Mr got to go off to so tomorrow he simply could not er , he si simply could not be released but er with your clerk er we 've been able to speak to Mr |
| 4 | Moreover , at the critical moment at least one of the mines failed to go off . |
| 5 | ‘ So if you want to go off on your own for a bit , and you 'll trust me , ’ said Emma , ‘ I can look after Ruth . ’ |
| 6 | Oh no I do n't do that , I dare n't it 's week days and I usually want to go off back to sleep |
| 7 | Luke , the Siberian Husky , belongs to my friend — a romantic novelist , who sometimes needs to go off alone to research her books . |
| 8 | Women and girls were not expected to go off after work and sing in choirs or play games — they were expected to be at home catching up on household chores . |
| 9 | These strategies are now incorporated into weapons design in the form of ‘ logic bombs ’ — computer viruses built into weapons systems sold for export , which are programmed to go off when targeted on the system 's country of origin . |
| 10 | Now you 'll see him in a moment , he this guy driving he wants to go off on a slip road . |
| 11 | At twenty-nine , inspired by Humboldt , he wants to go off and live in South America , among the savanahs , and never be heard of again . |
| 12 | And if that gentleman wants to go off and have and and marry again and raise more children he should still not leave his |
| 13 | And if she wants to go off she can er go and make or ca n't she ? |
| 14 | ‘ She loves going off on adventures , like trekking in Nepal or somewhere . ’ |
| 15 | A number of young men mentioned going off on their bikes to get away from it all , and amongst older adolescents driving around or driving out of town and parking to view the scenery were popular ‘ escape ’ mechanisms . |
| 16 | His son has gone off to London , and he worries that he may lose touch with him . |
| 17 | ‘ You will wake Widow MacIntosh — ‘ She is not here , you fool — she has gone off with the mob . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ A rumour will be spread Tweed has gone off on another insurance investigation . |
| 19 | Fear of doors , entrances , gates etc. often occurs when a horse has been ( unwisely ) tied to a gate and has gone off with the gate ! ! |
| 20 | The army of herders and small farmers that once destroyed wild dogs as a question of principle has gone off to work at FIAT . |
| 21 | My pork pie has gone off . |
| 22 | If someone is critically ill , what well-disposed person will choose the moment to tell him that his business has crashed and his wife has gone off with another man ? |
| 23 | I 'm afraid that Mrs has gone off with , ah Mrs I 'll be very grateful if you could bring me in a bowl . |
| 24 | ‘ Your mother has gone off on a little holiday , ’ he had announced vaguely and Katherine had returned to New York and to school . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , the only alternative seems to be for the baby to be looked after by her mother , and she will go and visit in the evenings when her father has gone off to his night work . |
| 26 | Lying in bed , after sex , silently weeping when your partner has gone off to sleep , is an experience many women are familiar with . |
| 27 | Once everybody else has gone off and done their bit , I 've either got a job I 'm in the middle of doing or I 'll plan some work for another time . |
| 28 | Not that it will alter the computer 's mind of course but an order for the book which is being promoted along with the prize draw has gone off too . |
| 29 | Kettle has gone off . |
| 30 | stuff keep the half way up my back its all padding and stuff and I 've rolled over , as I 've rolled over there 's been another one it has gone off , it felt like I 've been kicked in the back by somebody really having a go at me , it threw me and even with all that I had a like that so there not , there not kiddy toys . |