Example sentences of "[pers pn] go off [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I could hardly let you go off on an epic journey all by yourself . |
2 | She went off on a determined search for Penry , but he was still nowhere to be seen . |
3 | We went off to a little restaurant she knew near Leicester Square . |
4 | I , I said I was sp you were speaking to an expert er so we went off at a blind tangent . |
5 | And what do his parents think — him going off to a distant town with a stranger like you ? ’ |
6 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
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 | Me , myself , and I. ’ After losing in the Gotcha Pro early that summer on the South Side of Oahu , he went off on a self-destructive bender . |
9 | He went off on a political career and before long was a Member of the European Parliament , always in the news as he made himself available for interviews and revealed a great flair for leading controversial campaigns . |
10 | He went off at a steady trot and I thought as I had done so often that there could n't be many noblemen in England like him . |
11 | He went off with a medium spring to his step and I saw him later with his arms round Donna 's shoulders , which was n't ( as far as I knew ) in his script . |
12 | He went off with a lovely bang . ’ |
13 | Yesterday , it went off under an uncomfortable-looking Government bench as the Chancellor delivered an austerity package that raised taxes directly and indirectly and carried a message for the times . |