Example sentences of "go off at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It hardly shows , ’ said Cadfael thoughtfully , going off at a surprising tangent . |
| 2 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 3 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared yesterday after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 4 | The alarm may go off at the wrong times and this can be very irritating but the fault can be capitalized on and the child encouraged to get up and go to the lavatory anyway . |
| 5 | It was Martin who took the reins and as he cried , ‘ Gee-up ! you there , you flibbertigibbet ! ’ the horse , as if recognising the voice , tossed its head and went off at a spanking pace down the road , and as they laughed , Harry said , ‘ Would you believe it ! |
| 6 | I , I said I was sp you were speaking to an expert er so we went off at a blind tangent . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I remember the smiles of delight which spread across the face of one mother when the little fleshly alarm clock which I had been handed , went off at the crucial moment . |
| 9 | Bit of a coincidence there , it went off at the same time as this ha as the tape stopped |
| 10 | He promptly went off at the next corner , punctured and limped the last five miles on a flat . |