Example sentences of "[noun prp] go off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the story Melric goes off on a quest to various fellow magicians to seek help . |
| 2 | Taking a hint from the fame and antiquity of Egyptian flax working , Roberts went off to the banks of the Nile to study the Temple of Karnak , and came back to build Mr Marshall a factory in like fashion , which soon became known , naturally enough , as the Temple Mill . |
| 3 | Brian rarely took holidays , but most years Jean went off to such exotic spots as the Maldive Islands , the Seychelles or St Lucia . |
| 4 | Des Walker went off to Italy in the summer then Clough allowed Darren Wassall , another class defender , to drift out of his contract and join Derby . |
| 5 | ANGIE WENT OFF TO BE A PLUGHEAD . |
| 6 | She could also have told this was Tina 's mother before Mrs Darne went off down the passage that led to the Headmaster 's Flat . |
| 7 | It would have demanded from Toby a display of powers he was by no means sure he possessed to prevent Pickerage going off with Hilary Frome . |
| 8 | He had been unable to prevent Pickerage going off on his own on Sunday . |
| 9 | Marius went off to Berkshire — where he did n't want to be disturbed . |
| 10 | By Sunday morning , though , they had both their parents ' blessing , and Sebastian went off to the Greens ' house to get more details of the flat from Rosemary . |
| 11 | ‘ About 2 o'clock , when within about 4 miles of Green Island , for which we were tacking , Mr. Gould went off in a boat with the hope of reaching it before us , and of finding some penguin 's eggs which he is much in want off [ sic ] . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr. Gould went off in the morning to the Acteon [ sic ] Islands , which are about a mile distant from each other and at the distance of about 3 or 4 miles from Research Bay . |
| 13 | Nigel went off for his first term , and when he came back he was Oliver . |
| 14 | Doctor 's with your Pappy now , Miss Cora-Beth , and he 's ill with grieving and Jake went off on horseback not half an hour ago to fetch you and Mr Harry back from your party and we 's been waitin' and waitin' for you … ’ |
| 15 | " Ossie went off to London again . " |
| 16 | Mr Kettering going off without the dog and his wife bringing it round to you — it all seems a bit odd if it 's so devoted to him . ’ |
| 17 | And then , suddenly , she sees Dieter going off on his own , and decides to have it out with him . |
| 18 | " Stephen went off with a carrier-bag , dear . " |
| 19 | The Boozebuster went off without a hitch . |
| 20 | Swindon 's right-back Hockaday went off with a fractured cheekbone just before half-time . |
| 21 | As Moshinsky went off to rehearsals , I headed back to the office of the General Manager , Andrew Welch . |
| 22 | So Tom went off to Witchball Street . |
| 23 | Tom went off on paternity leave and his secretary organised a whip-round to send a card and a gift . |
| 24 | United 's luck changed then as Martin went off with an ankle injury , to be followed a few minutes later by Stoke defender Chris Hemming , a clattering tackle on Derning brought the red card out of the referee 's pocket and boos for Hemming . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I 'll grant you were in a bad state , which was hardly surprising after all the business with losing your part and then Lesley-Jane going off with Micky — incidentally , there was less in that than you thought , but that 's by the way . |
| 27 | Philip Schutte went off in the 18th minute after a tackle on Aadel Kardooni , and Wahl Bartmann followed in the 32nd minute with a shoulder injury . |
| 28 | and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason |
| 29 | Owen went off in a huff and read the papers . |
| 30 | J. went off to another station at one point for a two week course on shoe repairing and general leatherwork — not that he was thinking of setting up in business as a cobbler , but figuring that a free training on any practical skill was worth having . |