Example sentences of "[noun pl] have gone off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1914 the art schools had all but atrophied ; the models had gone off to the munitions factories , and students had been replaced by retired businessmen seeking distraction from their troubles . |
| 2 | Then I told him that my friends had gone off in the wrong direction and that I was willing to pay the owner of the moped for taking a message to them . |
| 3 | The women and children had gone off to the caves — , ‘ Did you not fight ? ’ |
| 4 | By Thursday no Iraqi missile had fallen on Turkish soil , but the debris of a misfired Patriot anti-missile missile had , and air-raid sirens had gone off in Adana . |
| 5 | I was only able to come because all the men have gone off to a meeting with Romanies from other camps . |
| 6 | Several bombs have gone off in Latvia ; the locals think these were planted to give the army a possible excuse to move in . |