Example sentences of "[verb] gone off [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll never even dare to be successful , because when I 'm dead some clod with a thesis to write will put me down as a wild-eyed harridan who jumped on her lover in the street and pulled all his hair out because he 'd gone off with a person with webbed feet . |
| 2 | It would n't be so bad if he 'd gone off with a beauty , but I 'm damned if I 'll form part of a collection which includes someone bandy . ’ |
| 3 | I mean , if he 'd gone off with a humped-back , three legged dwarf I would have felt pretty unattractive . |
| 4 | Experts said that if the bombs had penetrated any part of the cigar-shaped cylinders they would have gone off like a rocket , smashing into nearby homes . |
| 5 | Something must have come up , and she must have gone off in a hurry . |
| 6 | It was a small grave , and at its head was a low wooden cross inscribed with his name , date of birth , and date of death ; and as I passed , I had a vision of a little Aberdeen terrier who had gone off for a run by himself , and was now sporting in the fields of Paradise . |
| 7 | It had gone off in a hotel in Leinster Place and would always in future be known as the ‘ Bayswater Bomb ’ . |
| 8 | She was not disappointed ; if a firebell had gone off within a yard of his ear , he could not have appeared more shaken . |
| 9 | I was only able to come because all the men have gone off to a meeting with Romanies from other camps . |
| 10 | We 're hoping against hope that she 's gone off with a friend or a boyfriend and will get in touch with her parents . |