Example sentences of "go off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Michelin guide to Perigord will reveal a castle either preserved or in ruins at each of these places , though one would need to go off the map to Mareuil-sur-Belle , as well as Vieux-Mareuil , to identify all the three donjons which Pound speaks of in that vicinity . |
| 2 | After I introduced the hemp earlier the fish seemed to go off the feed so I only introduced it for four or five casts . |
| 3 | Quite often when a pair have shown all the signs of wanting to breed in the community aquarium and they are then moved into a breeding tank , they suddenly seem to go off the idea , Their new home is strange to them , and the male will want to establish his territory , move the decor , and generally prepare the tank to his satisfaction . |
| 4 | This started the defendant to go off the rails . ’ |
| 5 | Also , it could give my guests time to go off the whole idea . |
| 6 | Before starting the long retreat we waited till dark for the sun to go off the slopes , for the stones and avalanche slopes to re-freeze , and possibly because the sight was too horrible to contemplate . |
| 7 | ‘ So , when the bombs start to go off the Western press will put it down to hard-liner elements still yearning for the days before Gorbachev arrived . |
| 8 | Escorts would require more overlap between shifts to allow staff to go off the ward . |
| 9 | But it 's also normal to go off the whole idea . |
| 10 | The heat was beginning to go off the streets and the shadows were creeping out from the walls . |
| 11 | I expect he 's had to go off the road . |
| 12 | The mathematical probability of any family producing a chess Grandmaster was thought to be relatively low ; the mathematical probability of producing three in a row goes off the chart . |
| 13 | International : Michelin goes off the boil |
| 14 | If the spin is " up " the electron goes off one way , if it is " down " the electron goes off the other way , as in the figure . |
| 15 | Yes , yes , but erm , you know , I have had to say to the chaps , one of them came in and he said he 'd been spoiled down at the cedar and I said oh well , I , I 've been cooking a breakfast for Neil of course by the operation of sods law , Neil suddenly goes off the idea of having breakfast , so I find myself cooking breakfast for this other lump , who is as idol and selfish as anybody ever met in all the born days , and I said to him just recently , I said , I , I ca n't get up and do breakfast 's in the morning any more , well he says he come 's down and does he 's own , you see they can when they feel that they want too . |
| 16 | and he goes off the big city ma ma , like this and he 's got a fucking flying helmet and a flying bucket |
| 17 | And she actually goes off the it 's on e every hour at least |
| 18 | Results are not known for at least four days , and to prevent the eggs going off the consignments are allowed through . |
| 19 | By the testimonies of such as rugby 's Gareth Chilcott and boxing 's Frank Bruno , to name but two of many who have acknowledged how sport saved them from going off the rails as youngsters , it can claim an increasingly influential niche in society . |
| 20 | The posts stuck into the rock to your right as you ascend are markers for winter to stop people going off the edge ; they also double as abseil posts for a quick escape route . |
| 21 | Then what have you to say to my argument , which is that by not going off the rails , man is destined to live meanly and dully , and in that way corrupts the true purpose of his being on earth ? |
| 22 | I 'm going off the rails too |
| 23 | Mrs Jackson came in to discuss going off the Pill . |
| 24 | His first triumph in Europe ramins the No 1 aim once he can keep his game together for all four rounds , instead of going off the rails at a crucial stage . |
| 25 | Whatever they like bottom of the River Trent if you like but it would be very going off the subject and I 've only got a minute or two to spare but what someone pointed out to me that terrible monstrosity outside the Theatre Royal subway and every time I pass I fume inwardly . |
| 26 | If honourable members would in fact stick to the debate in that particular way and in fact er er it would be of great advantage of the house it is a short debate er and and going off the the main scope of the debate in fact leaves less time for other people to speak . |
| 27 | Going off the start at a blistering 51 strokes-a-minute , they sat in the field until the 1500m mark where they were expected to make their challenge . |
| 28 | Most of the advice Kenneth Clarke 's receiving is to cut rates , his job now is to decide whether Britain 's economy is more in danger of boiling over or going off the boil completely . |
| 29 | It 's not going off the rails |
| 30 | Ben 's car 's going off the road in two weeks |