Example sentences of "[conj] go off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Here at Club M'Diq you can either do your own thing or involve yourself in the daily and evening activities and events available for free ; you can lazy on the spacious sandy beach , or go off on the optional excursions to see something of what this colourful Moslem country has to offer .
2 When a strong concentration of sodium chloride is placed near to paramecium they turn and go off in the opposite direction .
3 Mahmoud turned on his heel and went off without a further word .
4 Eventually a few candles were lit , the band started playing , the couples uncoupled and went off to the back room , and the party went on .
5 Others record that she patiently concluded the business then before the court , and went off with a reliable escort to hold a council with Bothwell about the taming of Liddesdale and empower him to hold courts in Hermitage itself .
6 His liking for convivial company , found only in the male-dominated bars of New Jersey , a throwback from his forebears of County Cork , eventually forced them into a difficult matrimonial situation from which he occasionally evacuated himself and went off on a drifting reconnaissance of the world outside .
7 It was Martin who took the reins and as he cried , ‘ Gee-up ! you there , you flibbertigibbet ! ’ the horse , as if recognising the voice , tossed its head and went off at a spanking pace down the road , and as they laughed , Harry said , ‘ Would you believe it !
8 Angrily , Bernice picked herself up and went off down the winding path .
9 She received the watch and chain from the pawnbroker 's daughter , together with the new pawn ticket and fivepence , and went off in a pleasured state over the transaction , although a little worried that Queen Mary might find out that her naughty niece wanted to show her legs riding bareback on a circus horse .
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