Example sentences of "went [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After that I went off music for a while .
2 Terry gave him a different word and he went off content .
3 That 's when she went off Sam . ’
4 Such was the confusion that the BBC , who had spent three hours covering the race , only just managed to catch the men 's finish and went off air without knowing the second and third-placed finishers , despite a warning on Friday that such an eventuality was possible .
5 It 's amazing people still remember , I mean it went off air over eight years ago .
6 While the ‘ Last Word ’ column in The Independent on Sunday stated : ‘ Last night the service went off air because the BBC can not afford the annual budget of £5m and is pursuing a policy of cost cutting .
7 Unfortunately , there was only a 50 per cent success rate — the experiment went off half-cocked .
8 ‘ 'Scuse me , sir — when the meeting finished and the other gentlemen went off home , the gates was left open for a few minutes .
9 Eva went off home to finish unpacking her suitcases .
10 She told them this in confidence , because the master did n't know — he suspected , apparently , which explains why he went off Theo , but they 'd always denied it .
11 They actually went off route and were not seen again .
12 Lyn says , ‘ He went off sex and I used to carry on and on about whether he was after other women .
13 The moment the alarm clock went off Maggie was up and out of the cavity bed she slept in .
14 He told Frankie to take care of me and so we went off hand in hand .
15 The APU power was used for engine starting and to provide emergency power if one of the main generators went off line .
16 Another of this weekend 's conventional theses , which was anticipated here , was that of Kinnockian hubris — the possibility that voters went off Mr Kinnock for carrying on as if he had already won .
17 Called to identify the body just before I went off duty .
18 A doctor came , and said the same thing , then she went off duty for lunch .
19 She was woken at seven by the night nurses who had to tidy her up before they went off duty .
20 In Casualty we did not report for duty , we came aboard ; we worked watches , not shifts ; when we went off duty we went ashore ; on our days off we took the liberty boat .
21 I had no doubt they 'd turn up within a short time , so I went off duty .
22 A small dark-haired girl — she looked very much like you , actually — was admitted during that Friday evening , after I went off duty .
23 David did n't arrive , and she went off duty feeling a little bereft .
24 Koster came in to direct , cut the budget to six million dollars , and either passed over Olivier for Burton ( whom he admired ) or went for Burton after Olivier turned it down .
25 We sat in the shade of a wall while a boy went for help .
26 She began a vigorous slapping of hands and face while Melissa , on legs that would barely carry her , stepped shakily over the inert form and went for help .
27 Those few who consciously risked the consequences of disregarding it , or allowed themselves unthinkingly to slide into overindebtedness , could still suffer the degradation of what went for life behind the walls of the Marshalsea or the Kidderminster dungeon .
28 Lord Hesketh , the chief whip in the Lords , also went for flower power in the form of a pink carnation set off nicely by a red bow tie and cream shirt .
29 No , I went for contact lenses , he , he just said look , there are lots of ones on the , the market , but I suggest you have these , bloody shape of them ,
30 You went for rides with her in her VW , and made an extended trip to Lisbon - to Madrid also , I believe .
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