Example sentences of "[noun] go off [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blagg is n't the type to go off at half cock — |
| 2 | Every day the Prince and Princess went off on official business , to look at churches , visit hospitals and meet people , and the minute they were back on board the royal yacht , Charles would quickly change into some comfortable clothes and sit on deck with his sketchbook and teacher , until the very last minute before the bell for dinner . |
| 3 | A second grenade went off under another vehicle as army explosives specialists tried to defuse it in the nearby New Lodge Road district … |
| 4 | However , officers from Halton Borough Council will be on hand to ensure the event goes off with minimum disturbance to residents living around Naughton Park . |
| 5 | and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason |
| 6 | J. went off to another station at one point for a two week course on shoe repairing and general leatherwork — not that he was thinking of setting up in business as a cobbler , but figuring that a free training on any practical skill was worth having . |
| 7 | Yeah , cos Michael 's name went off to that batch that was sent out . |
| 8 | While transit passengers went off on local tours , Ellerman & Bucknall were busy co-ordinating the delivery of 80 tons of supplies and 2,500 tons of fuel to be taken on board . |
| 9 | Bombs went off on six beaches at once . |
| 10 | The attack began when incendiary bombs went off on two floors of a museum in Shrewsbury Castle , Shropshire — causing £250,000 damage and destroying many irreplaceable relics of three famous regiments . |
| 11 | The birds went off at noisy full-throttle , right through a herd of deer which had been grazing quietly till then . |
| 12 | If astronauts go off on long journeys , in any direction in three-dimensional space , they 'll get to the boundary of our universe . |
| 13 | He also claimed that there was " no independent constitutional authority for Congress to go off on investigatory frolics of its own " . |
| 14 | That night , it was like firecrackers going off at New Year 's ; the next morning the blood flowed like rivers . |
| 15 | ‘ Whoever woulda thought a lad could leave such a pretty little gal to go off on some faraway adventure , eh ? ’ |
| 16 | She set her alarm clock to go off at hourly intervals throughout the night , but even before its first summons she was disturbed . |
| 17 | Others went off for extended periods as migrant ( dekasegi ) workers or severed their ties with the land altogether . |
| 18 | And here troops would arrive to quell local disturbances and uprisings , while local organizers of the Anti-Corn Law League and early unions went off to national gatherings . |
| 19 | Your mother went off with another man . |