Example sentences of "he go off [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though an individual pupil may be in his fourth-year class as far as the administration of the school goes , and as far as concerns his social activities or his out-of-school interests , the school must be prepared for him to go off and study the syllabus required for his graded tests alongside people who are not in his own year . |
| 2 | And she came in with and it was bad enough him going off and leaving her , erm without her finding this as well . |
| 3 | The man will then , at least have to get the consent of the woman before he goes off and sells their joint property . |
| 4 | so er , he goes off and he comes back with three samples then , well one of them , it has been in the window as well , but it 's a very definite diamondy shape |
| 5 | If you tell him sternly , he does understand the tone of your voice if he goes off and sulks for a while , well so be it you 'll have to sulk till you get used to it , there you are . |
| 6 | ‘ Tolstikov was an unknown as far as last year 's race was concerned , yet he went off and won it , ’ said Brace , who has already been selected for the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 7 | One grandfather had earlier abandoned his own responsibilities : ‘ when his wife died he went off and left his family ’ , with his eldest daughter shouldering the task of an unsupported mother of the younger children . |
| 8 | He went off and shortly afterwards the truck was surrounded by German troops . |
| 9 | He went off and came back soon , dressed more appropriately for the street . |
| 10 | She married a chap called Parkes a few years back but he went off and left her . |
| 11 | He went off and told his gardener , Wilfred he said Stanley wo n't have any . |
| 12 | he phoned her that mor it was that morning , I know it was now , and anyway he went off and he phoned her and he came back and he said to me yes she 'll , give us your phone number did n't he ? |
| 13 | The reason we know it 's not it was nineteen sixteen er that had been killed was that he was home obviously at the beginning of the war he went off and then someone named left a house well left they died and the proceeds of the house were left to Mrs Miss 's grandmother . |