Example sentences of "go off in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | NYUP ! goes off in a couple of hundred limey brains — and are ignored . |
| 2 | Have you ever noticed the response when a car alarm goes off in a busy street ? |
| 3 | You do n't have to remember any words or facts or anything difficult like that — you just go off in a sort of coma and think how wonderful you are . |
| 4 | It had gone off in a hotel in Leinster Place and would always in future be known as the ‘ Bayswater Bomb ’ . |
| 5 | Something must have come up , and she must have gone off in a hurry . |
| 6 | If they formulate detailed hypotheses and produce elaborate questionnaires or interview schedules without first carrying out informal interviews they may well go off in a completely fruitless direction and have only themselves to blame when they end up with several hundred completed forms , none of which have asked the right questions about the right key factors . |
| 7 | In Carthage an inveterate schism ( Donatism ) originated when a devout and wealthy lady who treasured the relic of a martyr was rebuked for lavishing kisses on it at the commemoration of the faithful departed at the eucharist ; ‘ she went off in a huff |
| 8 | Terrified commuters were already reeling from the first explosion which went off in a flower bed at at 8.39am when the second , larger Semtex blast came 90 minutes later . |
| 9 | ‘ We received warnings that mentioned four specific streets and the second bomb went off in a street which was not named in those warnings , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Ammunition , grenades , and demolition explosives went off in a deadly firework display . |
| 11 | So I let him , Mama , right there on the sofa , and it was n't a bit nice , and in the end Charlie went off in a huff … |
| 12 | She received the watch and chain from the pawnbroker 's daughter , together with the new pawn ticket and fivepence , and went off in a pleasured state over the transaction , although a little worried that Queen Mary might find out that her naughty niece wanted to show her legs riding bareback on a circus horse . |
| 13 | We used this door when a ghost came on or went off in a cloud of smoke . |
| 14 | I sneaked a look behind as we went off in a cloud of dust . |
| 15 | ‘ About 2 o'clock , when within about 4 miles of Green Island , for which we were tacking , Mr. Gould went off in a boat with the hope of reaching it before us , and of finding some penguin 's eggs which he is much in want off [ sic ] . |
| 16 | Owen went off in a huff and read the papers . |
| 17 | And then and then like you know and then she went off in a mood cos I cos I go to let's me sit opposite you like hinting like oh I do n't want to sit there . |