Example sentences of "go off like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With soloist , conductor and orchestra on this kind of form , it is no surprise that the Finale goes off like a rocket . |
| 2 | The Tema Russo Finale can hardly be said to go off like a rocket either . |
| 3 | There was no point in going off like a stone from a catapult . |
| 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 | The service at the crematorium went off like a house on fire and on returning home I received a phone call from Pybus to say that , at a meeting of directors , Carter and Tilley had quit . |
| 6 | Grandad had never been hooked , but on this occasion , he grabbed a Blue Zulu , went off like a rocket and soon broke the cast ; that was about ten years ago : the first and last time anyone came near to catching him . |