Example sentences of "go off [coord] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On reaching the city centre the generator goes off and the bus runs on in virtual silence . |
| 2 | Then the light went off and the door opened . |
| 3 | FISTS OF FIRE FRANK Bruno was yesterday promising a hot time for his next opponent Pierre Coetzer at a Press conference in London when a fire alarm went off and the building had to be evacuated . |
| 4 | The press had been hostile at the beginning of the 1974 general strike , but swung over to a more balanced view once the electric power went off and the country came to a halt . |
| 5 | Before they were finished , the first charges went off and the place became a hornets ' nest . |
| 6 | The reason was they set their alarm , they were terribly conscientious about setting their alarm clock so they 'd wake up in the morning to go to the exam , and er it was a very loud alarm clock so not the kind of thing you could sleep through , but come the morning of the exam the alarm went off and the student started to dream that they were out hearing church bells or something , you know they 're walking around hearing all these church bells , thinking is n't it nice , you know , it 's Sunday morning , oh I could go on sleeping . |
| 7 | Gough , carrying an injury , went off and the Rangers defence looked even more unsure — not least because his replacement was inexperienced 19-year-old Steve Pressley , playing his first game of the season . |
| 8 | Fifteen minutes later , the breathing alarm went off and the staff nurse rushed into the room to find Allitt behaving in an ‘ extraordinary way ’ , said Mr Goldring . |