Example sentences of "gone [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For one thing he 's gone off breakfast .
2 The edge has er gone off terrorism .
3 A Royal Navy spokesman said : ‘ They appear to have gone off course and were about five miles from shore . ’
4 Wife who loves him , but who has gone off sex .
5 Have you gone off sex ?
6 I 've gone off sex altogether now , but my boyfriend has n't .
7 Have you gone off sex ?
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9 His wife left him — and I do n't blame her — but apparently since then he 's gone off women . ’
10 I think they 've gone off potatoes a bit
11 ‘ We 've gone off beer since you decided to get spliced , ’ he said , looking at Fred .
12 And I 'd gone off passion .
13 Mind you , I 've gone off cows a bit .
14 ‘ So you 've gone off chocolates , ’ he remarked with a glint in his eye that made her even more wary .
15 Remembering that he had sent Catherine Crane to see Angela Morgan 's employers , he decided to find out how she had got on ; late as it was he did not think she would have gone off duty without reporting to him .
16 The staff who had been in the kitchen when Zambia had landed in the packing cases had gone off duty soon afterwards .
17 Emil , the chefs , Oliver and Cathy had finished cleaning up and had all gone off duty .
18 These men should have gone off duty at twelve but he was able to dismiss only two of them whom he could replace with experienced men from the afternoon shift .
19 It was late afternoon and the nurse had gone off duty .
20 The desk clerk had gone off duty , but had he seen Kragan , he would only have seen another businessman in an expensive coat returning to his hotel after a night out .
21 The Superintendent had gone off duty , but Sergeant Burgess was there , and an Inspector who 'd just come in from a river patrol .
22 The woman who answered said she thought Sally had gone off duty but would put me through to the staff quarters .
23 It was just after six , long after the time she should have gone off duty , and that was exactly what all the physiotherapists had done .
24 She 'd gone off Luke since he suggested Ricky ring his sister .
25 The detonator had worked , his ‘ conversion ’ had gone off bang , and all the king 's horses and all the king 's men could never put the old Mark Underwood together again .
26 I mean some schools have not gone off site at all you know they 've actually stayed inside
27 Poor old Steven : he was n't to know that , while he had been busy trying to make grown-up movies , the trendiest kids had gone off Michael Jackson and the Ninja Turtles and transferred their allegiance to metal-headed dipsticks such as Bill and Ted , or Wayne and Garth from Wayne 's World , the year 's hotsiest hit-flick ( which comes down your way in May ) .
28 During a slow lap on Friday , the first day of practice , Mansell had gone off line slightly and it was enough to have the Williams slide into a tyre barrier and snap off the right-hand suspension .
29 SLUMP is where the recession is heading to once it has gone through depression .
30 Some countries , such as Mexico and Chile , have gone through periods of quite radical change , only to be followed by changing political conditions , which have led to a reversal of policy .
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