Example sentences of "go off for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The laibon goes off for a moment and returns wearing his cloak as the old lady produces some stools . |
| 2 | Nosey parkering round the piles of recently acquired books while her hostess goes off for a pee , she announces on Rainbow 's return — ‘ I was right . |
| 3 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 4 | ‘ He 'll be delighted to have a break and go off for a pint . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I hate my fat knees , ’ she said , and went off for a ten-mile hike . |
| 7 | Eventually the dinner broke up and Claud , Roger Hollis and I went off for a pub-crawl which after sundry indecorous adventures ended up at the Hypocrites where another blind was going on . |
| 8 | She was spending the night with him before he went off for a walking weekend in Derbyshire . |
| 9 | Left the daddy 's list with Mr Moore ( of Moore 's Models ) and then went off for a bit of a stroll around . |
| 10 | They had n't said much to me apart from announcing themselves as Detective-Sergeant Hatchard and Detective Constable White , and even when they got back inside , Hatchard talked to the pathologist while White went off for a snoop around , as policemen do . |
| 11 | ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ? |
| 12 | Corporal Ryan , the Irish Corporal , went off for a week 's leave in Marseilles and , for an unknown reason , killed himself with a hunting rifle in a hotel in the Old port . |
| 13 | Then they all went off for a visit to the zoo |