Example sentences of "was [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the night of 22nd June 1957 , the fishing vessel Venus star from Portsoy , Banffshire , Scotland , was off Loch Ewe when a fire broke out in the engine-room . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought he was off drugs ? ’ |
| 3 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
| 4 | Come holiday time , Stanley closed the school and was off north quicker than you could say algebra . |
| 5 | Despite the amusement such indigenes provided , the months at anchor in so depressing a place wore on Magellan , and by late August he was off south again with the four ships that remained . |
| 6 | Road , he lived in Road which was off Lane and erm what was the other one ? |
| 7 | The convent in holidays was off limits . |
| 8 | The tower was off limits , after all , and someone was just ensuring that the Baron 's orders were carried out to the letter . |
| 9 | As 50 per cent of the mileage was off road , I am rather disgusted . |
| 10 | He was off work for nine days . |
| 11 | In any event , Heinz was off work for two months before embarking on a steady descent of menial jobs , ending up as a kitchen cleaner . |
| 12 | Jamie was off work for three days while his bike was patched up . |
| 13 | She thought of the time George Galloway had come to her home while her husband was off work with badly bruised ribs and told them that he was giving William a week 's notice . |
| 14 | As a result of injury he was off work for 31 weeks . |
| 15 | She broke her wrist and was off work for 4 weeks . |
| 16 | The driver of the van which he hit Stephen Whitehead , a self-employed glazier and joiner was off work for six weeks after the accident . |
| 17 | Mr Whitehead was off work for six weeks following the accident and Largue spent two weeks in intensive care . |
| 18 | The reason I am interested is that at that time I was off work for six months and I suspected I had the illness . |
| 19 | Health and Safety Executive representative Neil Anderson said Peter McKay was working on a cutting machine when his glove became entangled with a rotating bar he broke two bones in his left hand and was off work for six weeks . |
| 20 | With her dad , daddy was off work today down there |
| 21 | I du n no if Elliott were , but he was off work about a week so |
| 22 | The US government said that it was very concerned about the incident , denying Peruvian claims that the aircraft , en route to Panama , was off course . |
| 23 | I was off watch , sleeping forward , as was Ron Gibbs , my watchmate . |
| 24 | For a fraction of a second Jane was off guard and the shearwater struck right in the palm of her hand . |
| 25 | The notice was off Frank 's door by the time he was able to move about again and the door itself was open . |
| 26 | He was off school quite often with headaches . |
| 27 | Then Clare was off school sick with flu . |
| 28 | ‘ Morrissey was off school that day , ’ remembers Bob Manc , now a plumber . |
| 29 | But unfortunately I was off school on March the twelfth so I missed the party and everything . |
| 30 | You said he was off colour ? ’ |