Example sentences of "go off for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as chartered accountant trainees are concerned , Mr Jones argues , ‘ you have all the aggravation of training them on high salaries and the disruption to a small office with their going off for long periods of study leave , and at the end you do n't keep them . |
| 2 | ‘ She was going off for short stays at the Home , and then every weekend to give me a break . |
| 3 | And if he 's simply got tired of the pressure and gone off for six months to play golf and be with his family , they usually say he 's short of bottle . |
| 4 | She agreed , but said that before he began work with Brian Harley — after the Safari circuit but before the European Tour began — he had gone off for several days ’ training . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's like a time bomb you carry round with you , ’ Arty said , ‘ and the alarm might n't go off for twenty-five years . ’ |
| 6 | No it was our summer holiday , I went off for two weeks , when I came back Paula was off for a month . |
| 7 | Kathleen and I went off for some lunch and we then went to have a look at the castle . |
| 8 | Others went off for extended periods as migrant ( dekasegi ) workers or severed their ties with the land altogether . |
| 9 | and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason |
| 10 | Even the most reliable equipment is at the mercy of the fuse in the plug , and I would hope that if the Rocon circuit went off for this ( or any other reason ) , the remaining 200 watts would keep the tank from lethal chilling until I spotted the problem ( I am often away for days at a time ) |