Example sentences of "goes off [prep] a " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Oh I like everything that goes off with a bang , Jane ! |
| 4 | The laibon goes off for a moment and returns wearing his cloak as the old lady produces some stools . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In the story Melric goes off on a quest to various fellow magicians to seek help . |
| 7 | Erm she goes off on a Friday and you hear or see nothing till sort of Monday night . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | NYUP ! goes off in a couple of hundred limey brains — and are ignored . |
| 10 | Have you ever noticed the response when a car alarm goes off in a busy street ? |
| 11 | With soloist , conductor and orchestra on this kind of form , it is no surprise that the Finale goes off like a rocket . |