Example sentences of "[noun sg] off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're lucky that if that 'll be any harder I would fucking his fucking neck off for him . |
| 2 | No sketcher nor painter nor artist wanted to see the elastic weals on a model 's shoulders and chest and hips and thighs , every model left her underwear off for as many hours as possible before posing . |
| 3 | Which the fitters 'll take the side off for 'em , |
| 4 | As ever , the amp is fan-cooled ; with the 3500 head I had expressed reservations about not being able to switch the fan off for recording , but John Henry 's insisted that it really would n't pose a problem in either DI 'd or close-miking situations . |
| 5 | Well I 've turned the one in the bedroom off for the moment cos if in the daytime if your mum 's up re resting |
| 6 | There is another spin off for the estate agent of course |
| 7 | Erm but I do feel that there is likely to be some positive spin off for the factories . |
| 8 | Disney executives believe the porcelain models will become another lucrative spin off for their cartoon empire . |
| 9 | Tickets for tonight and tomorrow range from £9 to £7 ( with a pound off for pensioners and youngsters ) and are available at the door or by ringing 0914773600 . |
| 10 | Anyway if they only want one , two pound I 'll send it , we 'll send eight pound off for them if they 're any go any go if they 're alright then . |
| 11 | Many businessmen say the big switch on is proving a big switch off for shoppers . |
| 12 | She resisted the urge to say that was n't difficult , and sent the poor boy off for lunch . |
| 13 | She even claims to be the government 's science policy coordinator — a role we should n't attach too much weight too , according to Mrs Thatcher , who once told New Scientist off for inflating this part of her job beyond what she really had in mind . |
| 14 | In some of the barns in these latter areas , the aisles were not used for storage but were shit off for some other purpose , such as housing the cattle . |
| 15 | ‘ There 'll be a bit off for luck ? ’ he asked , proving that he still retained some of the guile he had picked up as a practising country lawyer . |
| 16 | got quite a lot of money off for it . |
| 17 | Following the killings a military order was issued closing the Strip off for three days . |
| 18 | Referring to her leader 's handbook , Carole covered the fire regulations , the working day ( 9–5 with an hour off for lunch ) , the rota for making breakfast and sandwiches , doing the washing-up and the cooking , and various curious house rules , such as no alcohol , no ‘ personal entertainment ’ , which apparently included such things as Walkmans , and lights out at 11pm . |
| 19 | Kirk finds God in the slightly rubbish STAR TREK V : THE FINAL FRONTIER and Jane Fonda gets her kit off for the evil Duran Duran in groovy pop-art romp BARBARELLA . |
| 20 | They will put the moment off for as long as possible or refuse to acknowledge that it is coming along and then protest that they were not told . |
| 21 | It must be definitely a point off for racism here . |
| 22 | One o w one point off for being cocky ! |
| 23 | Cos if you take your eye off for a second , bang somebody 's there ! |
| 24 | I 'll get a clean one Just turn that water off for us Jonathan ? |
| 25 | If Deane been told to be target man and also lay the ball off for the likes of rodders and Speed then he 's OK this season , but £3 mil for a STRIKER ! ! |
| 26 | In the next attack Toman again ran at the defence and laid the ball off for the supporting Les McJannet ten yards out , but the full back was denied by a last ditch tackle . |
| 27 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 28 | Manager Christopher Warner , 29 , took one day off for every one he worked . |
| 29 | Uproar , the end of the meeting , and a day off for Harvey-Jones , but a quite unnecessary break in what was really a rather uninspiring task in any event . |
| 30 | I talked them into it because at first they were scared , one because they thought they 'd get docked for it — but they said we could have half a day off for it and not get docked — and also because they thought Ros and Maureen were going to be looking down on them , " Oh , you 're only young girls ' , things like that . |