Example sentences of "[pers pn] went off [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went off on a determined search for Penry , but he was still nowhere to be seen . |
| 2 | We went off to a little restaurant she knew near Leicester Square . |
| 3 | I , I said I was sp you were speaking to an expert er so we went off at a blind tangent . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He went off with a lovely bang . ’ |