Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] go off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within minutes another went off at the Planetarium next-door , followed by two more at the Imperial War museum . |
| 2 | The fireworks display that heralded the opening of Antwerp 93 went off like a damp squib . |
| 3 | Either the gunners have packed in too much gunpowder or the igniting charges all go off at once . |
| 4 | ‘ Are n't you and Charles due to go off on holiday soon ? ’ she queried , when tea and biscuits were duly dispensed to Lucy and she could sit down on a wicker-backed chair and sip her own . |
| 5 | I could see his bright ginger head bobbing about four rows in front , and then his class all went off to the baths , and by the time he was back I was in triple needlework . |