Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [adv] gone off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such arguments may seem trivial when bodies as thoughtful as the Church of England have taken it upon themselves to ponder the issue of the use of nuclear weapons ; but the bomb has not gone off and when it has receded into the background we will be left with the demand for electricity . |
| 2 | without asking , it comes up on the er have er , I 'll ask her first hello it 's the G P G engineer love , yeah , er my pager 's just gone off , is it okay to use my telephone just to answer it please ? |
| 3 | It 's not , the beer had n't gone off ? |
| 4 | Fernando was n't the proud man she 'd thought he was and Steve was a creep to have just gone off without letting her know why , with whom and for how long . |
| 5 | ‘ My mother 's just gone off with Rupert Campbell-Black , ’ he said . |