Example sentences of "went off [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The birds went off at noisy full-throttle , right through a herd of deer which had been grazing quietly till then . |
| 2 | Where before he went off at obtuse tangents , now he takes the songs where he wants them to go rather than let them control him . |
| 3 | Mountbatten missed Charles enormously when he went off on long trips and felt lonely and deprived without his increasingly regular visits . |
| 4 | Every day the Prince and Princess went off on official business , to look at churches , visit hospitals and meet people , and the minute they were back on board the royal yacht , Charles would quickly change into some comfortable clothes and sit on deck with his sketchbook and teacher , until the very last minute before the bell for dinner . |
| 5 | While transit passengers went off on local tours , Ellerman & Bucknall were busy co-ordinating the delivery of 80 tons of supplies and 2,500 tons of fuel to be taken on board . |
| 6 | And here troops would arrive to quell local disturbances and uprisings , while local organizers of the Anti-Corn Law League and early unions went off to national gatherings . |
| 7 | Others went off for extended periods as migrant ( dekasegi ) workers or severed their ties with the land altogether . |
| 8 | It was quite a crush but the first circuit — left on to Orchard Street and all the way round Selfridges , then Oxford Street as far as Marylebone Lane and then Wigmore again — went off without serious injury . |