Example sentences of "going off to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wo n't keep have to be going off to court to find out what is the law at that moment of time . |
| 2 | You wo n't keep have to be going off to court to find out what is the law at that moment of time . |
| 3 | She thought she was rather like a mother , making sure a child had eaten before going off to school , did not scruple to say , " Are you sure you 've had enough ? |
| 4 | By the time I was ten , Granpa allowed me to lay out the morning wares on the barrow before going off to school for the day . |
| 5 | Just saw a little lad going off to school , carrying half hundred weight of books ! |
| 6 | For the married couples the heartache would be centred round their children going off to boarding school , especially when they left home for the first time . |
| 7 | A year later , having done a super job as Editorial Assistant before going off to university last autumn , we finally got around to organising the lesson ! |
| 8 | Naturally she had not wanted to go out with him , but both her mother and father stressed how nice it was of him to take such an interest in the fact that she was going off to university and wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat . |
| 9 | As we went away to the sounds of Mrs Otto 's profuse good-byes , I reflected on the nature of the relationship between her and Otto , almost the opposite to what one might have expected : the gallant captain going off to sea where his authority was absolute and his orders brooked no delay , and returning to a wife whom he clearly adored but where the roles were reversed . |
| 10 | She is going off to work , but in the meantime we have had to send her son home with the Head of Primary Department ( see his diary ) . |
| 11 | Well if you see him going off to golf |
| 12 | Some little groups were going off to west and east , but most hung on with a sense that the next thing now demanded to be done . |
| 13 | So it looks as if it 's going off to infinity or something , but |
| 14 | Between leaving school and going off to war with the Navy , he had worked on the Sharpness tugs for British Waterways . |