Example sentences of "[verb] go off [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Now you 'll see him in a moment , he this guy driving he wants to go off on a slip road .
2 The Tema Russo Finale can hardly be said to go off like a rocket either .
3 I 'll never even dare to be successful , because when I 'm dead some clod with a thesis to write will put me down as a wild-eyed harridan who jumped on her lover in the street and pulled all his hair out because he 'd gone off with a person with webbed feet .
4 It would n't be so bad if he 'd gone off with a beauty , but I 'm damned if I 'll form part of a collection which includes someone bandy . ’
5 I mean , if he 'd gone off with a humped-back , three legged dwarf I would have felt pretty unattractive .
6 Experts said that if the bombs had penetrated any part of the cigar-shaped cylinders they would have gone off like a rocket , smashing into nearby homes .
7 Something must have come up , and she must have gone off in a hurry .
8 She left to go off with a fellow , you remember ?
9 And a foul by Whitlow on Rozario and pain written all over Robert Rozario 's face and we saw that the last time we had a Nottingham Forest live game when he collided with a post up at Bolton Wanderers and had to go off with a rib and facial injuries .
10 It was a small grave , and at its head was a low wooden cross inscribed with his name , date of birth , and date of death ; and as I passed , I had a vision of a little Aberdeen terrier who had gone off for a run by himself , and was now sporting in the fields of Paradise .
11 It had gone off in a hotel in Leinster Place and would always in future be known as the ‘ Bayswater Bomb ’ .
12 She was not disappointed ; if a firebell had gone off within a yard of his ear , he could not have appeared more shaken .
13 I was only able to come because all the men have gone off to a meeting with Romanies from other camps .
14 We 're hoping against hope that she 's gone off with a friend or a boyfriend and will get in touch with her parents .
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