Example sentences of "went off [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all went off alright did it ? |
| 2 | Hannaford went off not knowing what day it was and is still in hospital receiving treatement for a fractured cheekbone . |
| 3 | He never said ‘ yes ’ , but ‘ I 'll see what can be done ’ — and went off bravely , as if to battle . |
| 4 | I mean , I had n't heard anything of you since you came to dinner that evening and … well , went off rather hurriedly . |
| 5 | Those of us who have recollections of the cocktail party organised in conjunction with Lady Margaret Hall seem to remember that it went off rather well . |
| 6 | They went off right and did something horrific , while the grunts below confirmed McFall was finding the start no easier . |
| 7 | The two men went off deep into the surrounding countryside on a series of expeditions , to the heath near Seppe , and to a big swamp , the so-called Passievaart . |
| 8 | Ira Dilworth had arranged a small party for Gracie on the Hotel Vancouver 's mezzanine floor after the coast to coast broadcast , which went off amazingly well . |
| 9 | Despite earlier threats from the Khmer Rouge guerrillas , Cambodia 's election went off peacefully . |
| 10 | Since these extremists had been principally responsible for the detailed organisation of the march it is not surprising that there were no serious plans to control it , or to ensure that it went off peacefully . |
| 11 | Although the strike itself went off peacefully , according to the police it was the cause of violence which began on Nov. 3 at a mine in Welkom in the Orange Free State and which had led to the killing of at least 84 miners by Nov. 11 . |
| 12 | He usually also went off somewhere under the auspices of some ecologically minded group . |
| 13 | Apart from that one time when Gloria went off instead to cheer the King , Dot could n't remember a day when they had n't been to visit whatever hospital he was in . |
| 14 | We spent a day ashore on Barentsøya where the Dutch party went off inland on their own and met up with a polar bear with two cubs , which ran off when they saw the party . |
| 15 | Several minutes later , each clutching their dinner piece wrapped in waxed paper , they kissed Laura goodbye and went off downstairs . |
| 16 | And he went off again . |
| 17 | We landed and a meal was set out and after our picnic , we went off again . |
| 18 | Then it went off again and Ray Shepherd slumped over the wheel , blood pouring from his shoulder . |
| 19 | The gun went off again , and chips of marble flew from the steps ahead of us . |
| 20 | The guns went off again , and Carradine felt the thumps across his chest . |
| 21 | His letter contained an account of all the birds he had seen : a common goatsucker that flew gracefully round and round the ship for an hour , although it had ‘ in all probability passed the night on the wing ’ ; a female yellow wagtail that alighted only for a moment ; numerous petrels , five of which he killed for himself , and one for use in Mr Yarrell 's work ( a History of British Birds ) ; a flight of swallows , and several small turtle doves , which ‘ visited the ship [ and ] went off again immediately ’ ; a kestrel which was killed ‘ from off the Rigging ’ ; a short-eared owl which flew on board during the night , was caught and kept alive for several days ; and hundreds of shearwaters , which surrounded the ship off Madeira and the Salvage Rocks . |
| 22 | Suddenly , when she had been lost to everything , alarm bells went off again as the sound of someone knocking on her bedroom door penetrated her thoughts . |
| 23 | But she said nothing , as she lay on her bed , her cheeks streaked with dried salt tears ; and Rosie went off again , humming a catchy Spanish tune , and smelling of Oscar de la Renta perfume . |
| 24 | I did about two and then I went off again and erm |
| 25 | The first people to leave went off hastily , while others lingered , girding themselves for the streets . |
| 26 | ‘ It went off pretty quietly , ’ a spokesman said last night . |
| 27 | Scorch and smoke damage was caused to Ross 's Auction Rooms , Montgomery Street , Belfast , when a bomb went off outside at 10.40pm . |
| 28 | Further pressure was applied by the Unionists and the joint meeting on the 16th went off well , with " the famous letter " duly printed and handed out . |
| 29 | That ‘ political event of the decade ’ looked good on television , especially when the fireworks finale went off just as John Cole , the BBC 's political editor , went out live on the Nine O'Clock News , but it was a strangely soulless event to the 10,000 participants . |
| 30 | The Staples Corner explosion — less than a mile from the Metropoltan police training college — went off just after 1am as Mr Kenneth Baker , Home Secretary , arrived at the scene of the City blast . |