Example sentences of "[conj] go off [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon then had the agonising decision as to whether Wizard should stay or go off to pastures new . |
| 2 | So you too would assume quoick transformation we 've got a geometric progression in here that goes off to infinity alright which is equivalent to that , that little thing alright , we 've got three parameters here this one , that one and that one , alright , so we converted what is an infinite stream into a finite stream using this er , quoick transformation . |
| 3 | Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet , clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations . |
| 4 | Between leaving school and going off to war with the Navy , he had worked on the Sharpness tugs for British Waterways . |
| 5 | Gone were the days when she could just get up in the morning , make coffee , leave a note for Mrs Bennett and go off to Brentwoods with , maybe , the anticipation of quite an exciting day . |
| 6 | She had a private word with Iain in the after cabin , then put her anorak on over her dress and went off to bed , escorted by Captain Freddie . |
| 7 | She married a cousin and went off to Norfolk and had ten children and ran a large household . |
| 8 | But Jamie longed for adventure and , while still a boy , he joined the crew of a boat at Ayr harbour and went off to sea . |
| 9 | But Charles dithered and went off to sea . |
| 10 | She could n't eat any of her meal and went off to school where she had to sit alongside Mr Clark 's daughter . |
| 11 | Back in Frenchay , Caroline , who has never got things out of perspective , changed out of her special Palace outfit and went off to choir practice as if nothing had happened . |
| 12 | ‘ From what I understand , you broke off your romance with him and went off to university to pursue your qualifications . |
| 13 | what he wanted to do and and then he got a reasonable pass and went off to university . |
| 14 | Taskopruzade and Mecdi assign this event to the reign of Bayezid I ( 1389–1402 ) , saying that as a result of a quarrel between Molla Fenari and that sultan , the former abandoned his posts and went off to Karaman where the emir gave him a salary of 1,000 akce a day and each of his pupils 500 akce a day . |
| 15 | During the war he sold his interest in his galleries and went off to war ; following this six-year closure he reopened the Hans Road gallery but decided not to reopen the American galleries ; it was hard enough to get the good material for one shop . |
| 16 | But while he has anguished over his role in life , to the point where it would surprise no one if he just threw in the towel tomorrow and went off in search of obscurity , Steffi appears to have suffered no such agonies and self-doubt . |
| 17 | Having emptied the citadel of gold and silver he left Limoges and went off in search of new sources of pay for his mercenaries . |
| 18 | Usually I took my bicycle and went off in search of friends who , like me , were too full of energy to want to rest . |