Example sentences of "go off [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The female sits inside the nest while the male goes off collecting nest material . |
| 2 | Well it 's quite fun just going off for the odd day cos then he goes off to see Ian , he enjoys that but it was two afternoons last week cos I did Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon |
| 3 | The collectors eventually split ranks , one group going off to stop cars and coaches . |
| 4 | Yeah Jim came over before and said that he was er going off to do work tonight . |
| 5 | Q What do you look like when you 're not going off to do television or radio ? |
| 6 | He was just going off to make amends . |
| 7 | page three school all these girls go off to like school with their togs off , you know |
| 8 | ‘ At this time of the day they go off to collect food , ’ Don Mini said . |
| 9 | Some women are n't obsessed with the shirts their partners wear , and are n't utterly downcast if their men go off to play sports . |
| 10 | ‘ Gone off to serve Miss Ara , she has — or rather , Mrs Quatt , I should say . |
| 11 | Throughout our conversation , a loaded Kalashnikov automatic rifle had lain propped against a wall of her living room , left there by a youth who had gone off to drink tea . |
| 12 | The colonel had gone off to contact Geneva . |
| 13 | Then he went off to give Pickerage his medicine . |
| 14 | Doone said a shade heavily , ‘ Mr Kendall 's always helpful , ’ and Perkin made a face and went off to join Mackie . |
| 15 | Caught in what promised to be a whirlpool of conflicting dogmatic beliefs , Eric , who did n't care either way so long as I was happy , went off to see Mgr O'Flaherty , a well-known priest who had given help and shelter to large numbers of escaping prisoners-of-war and was now an important figure in the Holy Office . |
| 16 | Horsley passed the test and went off to see Thornton , who was still simmering and had nothing but dire warnings for him . |
| 17 | She seemed so sanguine that he started to enjoy his leave and they all three went off to see Mona in Jermyn Street , who greeted them with her usual generous hospitality , very little of which was at her or their expense , but who had not seen Charles since his transformation from 2nd Lieutenant to Guardsman . |
| 18 | She danced several dances with John , who then excused himself and went off to talk business with Rodet . |
| 19 | ‘ Best get on , get off and get out , love , ’ said Malc gently , and went off to watch Tanya dispose of the tennis balls , leaving me to climb into my home-made stage gear . |
| 20 | I never complained as I went off to watch West Ham that afternoon , having scoffed his portion of chips . |
| 21 | Harbury went off to quiz policemen . |
| 22 | He walked away with dignity and went off to tell Cathbad to make several small fires instead of one big one that night , just in case their usual large fire was large enough to attract unwelcome attention . |
| 23 | ‘ Then two older boys came along on bikes and one of them went off to get help . ’ |
| 24 | Gloucester thereupon went off to capture Berwick-upon-Tweed and , after thirteen changes of ownership over the centuries , made it once and for all English . |
| 25 | Geoffrey and others went off to play golf , while Moira and I paid a visit to Mr Campbell 's celebrated tweed shop at Beauly . |
| 26 | Master and dame then went off to pass time with a neighbour , while the young people sit and talk happily around a good coal fire : " More free from care than knight or squire " . |
| 27 | Most of the passengers went off to don coats against what appeared to be a cold wind outside , but Filmer climbed down from the door of the dome-car end of the dining car without more protection than his carefully casual shirt and aristocratic tweed jacket . |
| 28 | ‘ I had every intention of becoming a pianist or conductor but in a great flash of realisation I decided that I would only ever be a mediocre musician and went off to study drama . ’ |
| 29 | When I told the farmer what was happening he immediately went off to find Eric , who was hiding in the wood . |
| 30 | He went off to find Lambert . |