Example sentences of "go off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In it , a small child roams the streets , talking to strangers , until he finally goes off with a woman who has been wandering about pushing an empty pram . |
| 2 | Most of the women he goes off with when we have a bad row are certainly not the type which would make me jealous — which , of course , is the main purpose of the exercise ! |
| 3 | But often the woman becomes distant , loses interest in sex and sometimes even goes off with more traditionally masculine men . |
| 4 | A stage direction suggests devils appear and Faustus goes off with Mephostophilis . |
| 5 | Everybody goes off with their wives to celebrate except Antonio . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Before she is finally arrested , she shoots a number of them , and lobs a grenade into the wings , where it goes off with a loud report . |
| 8 | Oh I like everything that goes off with a bang , Jane ! |
| 9 | So if your mains goes off through an electrical storm or something |
| 10 | British audiences may derive enjoyment from laughing at the psychobabble , wincing at the plot contrivances and gaping at the crashingly obvious phallic symbolism , but the movie as a whole goes off at half-Hitchcock . |
| 11 | Er I know Mike now goes off at slightly different subjects , so I would suggest if there are any questions , not only on what I 've just said , but really what you 've done this morning , the exercise , either myself , Dennis , or Mike , or Trevor could answer any questions ? |
| 12 | He arrives spot on time , is introduced in 15 words and goes off at high speed . |
| 13 | Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off |
| 14 | it starts at quarter to eight , goes off at ten . |
| 15 | cos my alarm clock goes off at half-seven , it goes cockle-doodle-doo ! |
| 16 | I think in a community one does come across practical snags , like for example the differences become very marked between the businessman who goes off at eight in the morning and comes back at six , week in week out , year in year out , with perhaps sort of three or four weeks holiday , and the university men who appear to be around an awful lot of the time and appear to have a lot of holiday . |
| 17 | The laibon goes off for a moment and returns wearing his cloak as the old lady produces some stools . |
| 18 | Nosey parkering round the piles of recently acquired books while her hostess goes off for a pee , she announces on Rainbow 's return — ‘ I was right . |
| 19 | The voices of , among others , Joss Ackland , Claire Bloom , Roy Kinnear and Rik Mayall give us a tale of pretty Princess Irene whose father the King goes off on business . |
| 20 | When a guest checks in the receptionist allocates a room showing a green light ; he or she presses a switch and the green light goes off on the board as well as on the cashier 's and housekeeper 's boards . |
| 21 | The servant , a white-coated padder trained for the infrequent appearance of people like us , goes off on the long march to the kitchens . |
| 22 | In the story Melric goes off on a quest to various fellow magicians to seek help . |
| 23 | It means the tenant farmer 's right to decide what goes off on his land has been denied him . |
| 24 | Erm she goes off on a Friday and you hear or see nothing till sort of Monday night . |
| 25 | Tor goes off to a cottage up the hill from the bay and comes back disconsolate , having been told to ‘ piss off ’ by the occupants who were robbed last week and are not in any mood to offer the traditional Norwegian hospitality to a motley collection of bedraggled canoeists . |
| 26 | A complaint goes off to the powers . |
| 27 | She goes off to the city for a few days , but then she is back . |
| 28 | As Colin ( looking wasted as in exhausted ) goes off to the tour bus to sleep and Jhelisa disappears with a relative , he hangs out with various fans . |
| 29 | When the child goes off to university or leaves home |
| 30 | At times one does not know what to think : Balin goes off to Moria and disaster after ‘ a shadow of disquiet ’ fell upon the dwarves , and when Glóin says this it appears only a metaphor for mundane discontent . |