Example sentences of "went off at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | I , I said I was sp you were speaking to an expert er so we went off at a blind tangent . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Bit of a coincidence there , it went off at the same time as this ha as the tape stopped |
| 6 | He promptly went off at the next corner , punctured and limped the last five miles on a flat . |