Example sentences of "went [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The referee then went off the field to consult an officer at the touchline who waved us off the pitch . |
| 2 | ‘ We touched wheels and nearly went off the road , ’ he grinned . |
| 3 | And if there were h a wagon or a hutch went off the road there you were with not enough height to lift it all back off the rail again and believe me that was experience in itself . |
| 4 | ‘ The night coach went off the road . |
| 5 | The headlights , in their blackout cowls , threw about as much light as a candle , and finally they went off the road . |
| 6 | Another car swerved on a patch of oil , Nigel tried to avoid him , and went off the road . ’ |
| 7 | Britain 's Malcolm Wilson , who was in seventh position after the first day , went off the road during the 17th stage . |
| 8 | But when Britain went off the Gold Standard in 1931 , the Champagne houses found themselves receiving just two-thirds of the price they had come to expect . |
| 9 | Most of the electrics went off the board with damp and the violent motion by the time we thankfully dropped anchor off Clovelly near the Bristol Class Lifeboat on station there . |
| 10 | ‘ I went off the idea , ’ I said . |
| 11 | Had he missed the cut , Woosnam would not even have had that to watch on Saturday , since the network went off the air with about an hour 's play left in a move that would have angered Great Britain . |
| 12 | For a while the television channel went off the air as protesters swarmed into the building , before troops and government supporters pushed them out . |
| 13 | Okay you 're absolutely right er we did play that at the beginning of the programme we had a little trouble with our C D what happened there Stuart it went off the air did n't it ? |
| 14 | The second series really went off the boil because there was much more emphasis on the woman lawyer . |
| 15 | It 's a second for Gary , it 's a fourth for Notts and er the little bit of tension that Notts had created for themselves as they went off the boil and came really into the game with their two goals from first of all and then from from the free kick , but 's goal in the last minute here making it four two and really capping a most entertaining night for Notts . |
| 16 | In a quiet way , he went off the handle . |
| 17 | In terms of engineering , the BRMs were behind their time ; the cars gave endless trouble ; Jackie 's dissatisfactions grew ; accidents intervened , especially at a rain-soaked Spa where Jackie went off the track at high speed and lay trapped in his car , his shoulder broken , his ribs cracked and petrol from his ruptured tanks soaking through his overalls , burning his skin . |
| 18 | Starting twelfth , Hunt got caught in a battle with Tom Pryce and went off the track and into a sand trap . |
| 19 | When he went for the audition , playwright Bernard Kops and director David de Keyser had already cast Melvyn Hayes in the lead role and asked the star to read scenes with those trying for the other parts . |
| 20 | they had , they went for the weekend did n't they ? |
| 21 | I mean Bradford went for the initial |
| 22 | I waved to Toby and went for the door . |
| 23 | A long pass by Andy Gregory almost conceded an early try but Graeme Hallas knocked on as he went for the interception . |
| 24 | They looked at each other and laughed as they went for the top A and each found that no noise came out at all . |
| 25 | Can I have a look at those menus that some of you brought in did i , cos we 've got some with a la carte did anybody get sort of erm a pub grub menu or No , you all went for the top of the range . |
| 26 | No not for the , I do n't think they went for the day . |
| 27 | I went for the day and I saw Christopher Reed superman . |
| 28 | The same went for the man who complained in the following terms to a local government committee for ‘ Better Football ’ : ‘ I visited the New Stand lavatories . |
| 29 | Yuri soon started tapping his sock-clad feet in tune to the beat of the music , while one floor below several women in leotards went for the burn . |
| 30 | Annette spent the intervening time with her son who had been made as comfortable as possible and she told him that she would stay with him until he went for the operation and would then go home but would return first thing in the morning . |