Example sentences of "go off without " in BNC.

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1 I do n't think he finds what he 's looking for , cos after he looks in all the bins he goes off without taking nothing out .
2 It 's not a crime for anyone , even the managing director of a shipping company , to go off without saying where .
3 Mr Kettering going off without the dog and his wife bringing it round to you — it all seems a bit odd if it 's so devoted to him . ’
4 ‘ Not if it means us going off without you , ’ said Snodgrass .
5 ‘ I am so sorry that I caused you such grief by acting as I did , by going off without telling anyone .
6 How will we keep food from going off without the use of refrigerators ?
7 I thought of his sweetness in sitting beside me all night , and of the shadows on his face in the morning , and how I had gone off without telling him I loved him .
8 Gone off without telling you , I mean ? ’
9 Emily 's visit to the dentist had gone off without trauma .
10 Fernando was n't the proud man she 'd thought he was and Steve was a creep to have just gone off without letting her know why , with whom and for how long .
11 She might have her lip-gloss in her handbag , but she would n't go off without her Estée Lauder .
12 He made it all seem easy , producing an excellent meal , and the lunch party at the Commanding Officer 's residence went off without a hitch .
13 The performance went off without a hitch and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra , with Dr Otto Klemperer conducting , played brilliantly .
14 In fact , the police force lacked access to any digital information and although the evacuation went off without a hitch there is little doubt that a GIS containing the Chinese postman algorithm could have provided efficient routes and also have guaranteed that no road was missed from the warning sweep .
15 Air New Zealand , creators and sponsors of the event , could easily adopt the motto ‘ To make dreams , come true ’ , for the Fifth Golden Oldies was about dreams and such was the organisation by Clarrie Anderson and his team that the whole week went off without a hitch .
16 After many doubts as to whether the event would go as planned , or if a significant number of aircraft would turn-up , the celebrations held over the weekend went off without a hitch and the whole town was enveloped in Norseman fever or Norsemania , as the local press called it .
17 Similar ceremonies throughout the county went off without a hitch because a strike threatened by the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education was called off .
18 The bait was taken by the Swedish owner of Les Noces , and the auction went off without hitch .
19 During the United Nations International Women 's Year in 1975 , the Salvadorean government spent more time and much more money on ensuring that the Miss Universe beauty contest went off without a hitch , than on debating the issues of discrimination against women .
20 The Boozebuster went off without a hitch .
21 It was quite a crush but the first circuit — left on to Orchard Street and all the way round Selfridges , then Oxford Street as far as Marylebone Lane and then Wigmore again — went off without serious injury .
22 Mahmoud turned on his heel and went off without a further word .
23 ‘ No , not this time ; it was a bomb that supposedly went off without any warning — lots of gory casualties . ’
24 But the display went off without a hitch .
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