Example sentences of "and go off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He arrives spot on time , is introduced in 15 words and goes off at high speed . |
| 2 | Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet , clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations . |
| 3 | She and Jim talked together secretly about leaving the house and going off to somewhere ‘ more committed ’ , but Phoebe could not bring herself to give up the only home she knew of , could not bring herself to choose absolutely Jim 's commitments over the women 's commitments . |
| 4 | Between leaving school and going off to war with the Navy , he had worked on the Sharpness tugs for British Waterways . |
| 5 | Often there 's a lot of , that people erm do or do n't do that you , you ca n't erm go along with when people are wanting terminations of pregnancy or , or they 're thinking of leaving their husbands and going off with somebody else then you just have to listen to what they say and put the facts as you see them in front of them . |
| 6 | ‘ And when I was up in the tree , ’ she added , gazing up at him , ‘ I saw a thief climb into the Botanical Gardens and dig up a lot of bulbs and put them in a big case and go off with them ! ’ |
| 7 | The others would get bored with waiting and go off on their own without him . |
| 8 | " I ca n't just drop everything and go off on a picnic . " |
| 9 | The words just wo n't come any more , so I 'm going to put my biro down and go off to the post . |
| 10 | Gone were the days when she could just get up in the morning , make coffee , leave a note for Mrs Bennett and go off to Brentwoods with , maybe , the anticipation of quite an exciting day . |
| 11 | We 'd camp next to the meeting and go off to the pub on the Saturday night , halfway through the decathlon . |
| 12 | down and go off to . |
| 13 | ‘ He 'll be delighted to have a break and go off for a pint . |
| 14 | I just stay there , squatting down and the woman gives me a funny look and tugs the little girl 's hand and they walk round me and go off down the road . |
| 15 | They watched the three girls pair off with their brothers and go off in different directions . |
| 16 | When a strong concentration of sodium chloride is placed near to paramecium they turn and go off in the opposite direction . |
| 17 | Mahmoud turned on his heel and went off without a further word . |
| 18 | ‘ Thank you , ’ said Lucy softly , hugged her again and went off into the night . |
| 19 | He squeezed them and kissed them and went off into the house . |
| 20 | Isabel nodded and went off into the garden . |
| 21 | Eventually I left them to it and went off into the night , the bells keeping me company through the streets . |
| 22 | When they grew up and went off into the wild I suffered dreadful pangs . |
| 23 | He bowed and went off up the stairs . |
| 24 | She married a cousin and went off to Norfolk and had ten children and ran a large household . |
| 25 | But Jamie longed for adventure and , while still a boy , he joined the crew of a boat at Ayr harbour and went off to sea . |
| 26 | But Charles dithered and went off to sea . |
| 27 | Phil 's 4th break in showbiz came when Pete Gabriel left the band and went off to the rainforest disguised as a flower . |
| 28 | The workhouse master reported that Connolly then put his boots on and went off to the police station to make a complaint of assault . |
| 29 | During the war he sold his interest in his galleries and went off to war ; following this six-year closure he reopened the Hans Road gallery but decided not to reopen the American galleries ; it was hard enough to get the good material for one shop . |
| 30 | " Thanks , " she said , and went off to the gate , where she and her companion resumed their sharp-eyed stroll around the guilty streets . |