Example sentences of "go off [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes off to report to the sergeant . |
| 2 | He made films like Sanders of the River ( 1935 ) and The Four Feathers ( 1939 ) , featuring courageous British aristocrats going off to fight for the British empire , not out of a sentimental admiration for those times , but because the Empire provided good stories , as Hollywood also found at the time . |
| 3 | And it will be sited on land troops trained on before going off to fight in the Somme . |
| 4 | She may have discovered a nest of young rabbits , a delicacy indeed in her terms , had a very good meal and then gone off to sleep within the rabbit 's nest . |
| 5 | The occasion was an immediately recognisable lunch party , after which Comfort and some of the other guests had gone off to swim in the nearby river , while Anthony and Julia had sat together , digesting and beginning to explore the edges of the feeling that was growing between them . |
| 6 | ‘ It has n't been any good for you , ’ her mother looked about to be certain Joseph was not with earshot even thought he had just gone off to fish in the lake , ‘ all this … ’ she added , unnecessarily , casting an accusing look in the direction of the inn parlour . |
| 7 | João went off hunting in the Alentejo with his friends for the last three days before the wedding , so Sara had little opportunity to get to know him better . |
| 8 | A female friend who was visiting suggested that Amy might have more fun being the Prime Minister than a lowly maid and so Amy went off to dress as the PM . |
| 9 | After a cursory check , Myeloski went off to talk to the guard at the gate and find a torch . |
| 10 | Wanted to know if I could remember whether Mr Meredith went off riding on the day Anna was attacked . ’ |
| 11 | Indeed , many of those children whose fathers went off to fight in the war experienced that same sense of inner rejection , even though as they grew older they were able to understand the truth of the matter . |
| 12 | It may well have been used to make bows for local archers who went off to fight in the battle of Agincourt . |
| 13 | We lay on the hard , orange clay and went through the different procedures that we would use when we went off to fire on the shooting range . |