Example sentences of "went off in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Ammunition , grenades , and demolition explosives went off in a deadly firework display . |
| 5 | 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 … |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We used this door when a ghost came on or went off in a cloud of smoke . |
| 8 | I sneaked a look behind as we went off in a cloud of dust . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 ] . |
| 10 | Owen went off in a huff and read the papers . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Brynllys has been farmed organically by Rachel 's family since 1942 , but until 1982 all the milk went off in the tanker with everybody else 's , putting the lie to the old chestnut that organic producers must have a premium . |
| 13 | About forty-five minutes later three huge explosions went off in the Wilkerson house , the force of which blew Dustin 's $700 desk through a hole in the wall . |
| 14 | Philip Schutte went off in the 18th minute after a tackle on Aadel Kardooni , and Wahl Bartmann followed in the 32nd minute with a shoulder injury . |
| 15 | Only when Juha went off in the morning could we have a bit of a rest . ’ |
| 16 | It went off in the gents ' toilet on the ground floor . |
| 17 | ‘ Plancius ’ was anchored some way offshore because of shallow water and reefs , so when the first party went off in the inflatable , we could see no land at all and had to steer by compass . |
| 18 | He went off in the direction of some green doors that bore the legend ‘ Narcissus Clothing ’ , muttering , ‘ That 'll do , that 'll do . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Fernand went off in the tractor soon after lunch , ’ said Sue . |
| 20 | He went off in the direction of the river and the dark bulk of the flatboat . |
| 21 | A firebomb also went off in the Plaza shopping centre in Oxford Street , London , on Wednesday morning . |
| 22 | Pulling her cloak around her and laying her fork carefully along the wooden pegs on the side of the wain , Alexandra climbed the iron railings , already cold and slippery with new snow , and went off in the direction of the kitchen . |
| 23 | In the early hours of yesterday morning the Drumkeen Hotel at Upper Galwally , Belfast , was extensively damaged when a 200 lb car bomb went off in the car park . |
| 24 | The building was extensively damaged when a 200 lb car bomb went off in the car park . |
| 25 | The bomb went off in the public gallery , destroying the visitors ' area and blowing a hole through an external wall . |
| 26 | ‘ Mr. Gould went off in the morning to the Acteon [ sic ] Islands , which are about a mile distant from each other and at the distance of about 3 or 4 miles from Research Bay . |
| 27 | ‘ Tuesday was the day he went off in the van and came back with a bruised face ; presumably you 've got a record of the people he called on that day ? |
| 28 | The anniversary of that incident was ‘ celebrated ’ on May 9 last month when firebombs went off in the shopping mall of The Galleries shopping centre at Bristol , at the opposite end of the country . |
| 29 | At one stage a bleeper went off in the press gallery which woke up one or two slumbering hacks . |
| 30 | No I went off in the car with They climbed over the fence . |