Example sentences of "go off in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura Mancinelli 's Mozart 's Ghost ( 1986 ) combines two rather donnish mysteries : the protagonist is pursued by ‘ anonymous ’ telephone calls which consist of nothing but music by Mozart ; when she is spared further harassment by the entire Turin telephone system seizing up , she goes off in pursuit of the concealed manuscript of Plato 's last dialogue . |
| 2 | Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet , clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations . |
| 3 | This is paid back gradually in rent from the co-operative 's members and the council 's cash goes off in search of new schemes to finance . |
| 4 | Erm I wonder how substantially it 's going to re-written , first , in order to make it a response rather than an issue raising paper and ah , secondly , in the light of what we 've all had to say this evening and , if it is to be re-written I wonder erm who is going to actually see it and approve it before it goes off in time to get to the health authority by the day after tomorrow ? |
| 5 | And Mihal 's goblin nagged at him to go off in search of weapons and warfare . |
| 6 | Before you load up your board on the car to go off in search of solitude , remember that it is wisest to sail in a controlled situation with plenty of others to keep an eye on you . |
| 7 | Males , therefore , generally wait until the female has started to lay her eggs before going off in search of a second mate , since females rarely mate again once laying has begun . |
| 8 | Yeah he says that there were a right slanging match going off in town . |
| 9 | Hunting is the favourite pastime ; at the start of the season , high schools close as whole families go off in pursuit of everything from squirrels to wild boar . |
| 10 | I did n't approve of what he was doing , but if I refused his money I would be more and more visible , so I took it , and when he had gone off in relief back towards the dining car I gave it to the barman . |
| 11 | As Nietzsche wrote , ‘ The Germans are a people of the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow ’ Germany , like a happy wanderer , must go off in search of its fortune , shaking off parental tutelage and political adolescence . |
| 12 | The sailor went off in disappointment to Morocco where , they say , he became a renegade . |
| 13 | As my section settled into the straw-filled barn , I dumped the rucksack , and slinging the rifle over my shoulder , went off in search of something to eat , coffee or whatever was going . |
| 14 | Luckily , one of the participants had to withdraw at the last moment and taking her place on the team , I went off in search of sponsors . |
| 15 | The barn was on a main road , and it seems likely that one of the adults was killed and the other went off in search of another mate . |
| 16 | The Brigadier went off in search of ‘ that blasted mother 's boy ’ , pleased with the thought of being rid of him , even for twenty minutes . |
| 17 | But while he has anguished over his role in life , to the point where it would surprise no one if he just threw in the towel tomorrow and went off in search of obscurity , Steffi appears to have suffered no such agonies and self-doubt . |
| 18 | Having emptied the citadel of gold and silver he left Limoges and went off in search of new sources of pay for his mercenaries . |
| 19 | Usually I took my bicycle and went off in search of friends who , like me , were too full of energy to want to rest . |
| 20 | He now removed it briefly to say , ‘ You are a nice lady , ’ and then went off in search of a gun . |
| 21 | ‘ We put Zebedee back in the horse box and he went off in disgrace back to a local farm . ’ |
| 22 | no your sit and smooth Elsa and I went off in heed , I am Tommy |
| 23 | Prost won out in the end and then went off in persuit of Hill … |