Example sentences of "off for [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If you know you can not deal with an upsetting confrontation , try to put it off for a short while until you feel calmer . |
| 32 | It is possible that I even dozed off for a few seconds , exhausted by the day 's work . |
| 33 | He did n't know where Victor and Masha were ; they had separated at Heathrow , some Amnesty guys had taken him off for a boozy lunch . |
| 34 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ We want them to feel they can join us , hop off for a bit , and re-join further down the line . ’ |
| 36 | Then Gannon struck in the 81st minute and added the third with a penalty after Exeter 's Kevin Miller was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 89th minute . |
| 37 | Jeffrey Archer and Sir Tim Bell sailed resolutely towards the lobsters and champagne as the Tories cast off for a fourth term in office . |
| 38 | Alan McDonald was sent off for a second bookable offence as Queens Park Rangers lost 2–1 to Tottenham . |
| 39 | But a shot from Ripley levelled the scores and , after United defender Penney was sent off for a professional foul , Payton , a £750,000 signing from Hull , scored from the resulting free-kick . |
| 40 | This state of things must indeed seem strange to the young people of today who can fly off for a summer in Katmandu with scarcely a quiver of apprehension or pause for wonder . |
| 41 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
| 42 | I would feel tired , back off for a couple of days , but then go straight back into it again . |
| 43 | I collect a dozen or so from the dewy grass in the early morning and set off for a few hours ' chubbing , knowing I am going to catch several fish , providing , of course , the weather and water conditions are favourable . |
| 44 | After eight years practising and perfecting he sent off for a plan and made his own Appalachian dulcimer — and it was better than the one he was given . |
| 45 | It was Dennis , stopping off for a pee on his way to replenish the supply of social oxygen , already anxious about what the others were saying about him behind his back . |
| 46 | I had thrown away my chances in life , pawned them off for a few cheap thrills . |
| 47 | I may have dozed off for a while . |
| 48 | Those who were too tired to move and still felt cold took themselves off for a hot bath . |
| 49 | Then they all went off for a visit to the zoo |
| 50 | If you have not been impressed by the very positive connection between a lack of dietary fibre and the incidence of' cancer of' the colon , and the possible connections between fibre and heart disease , you are unlikely to rush off for a wholemeal loaf in order to prevent appendicitis or gall stones , just two of the other ailments being associated with our fibre-depleted modern diets . |
| 51 | After the celebrations were over , the couple took off for a honeymoon retreat in Asia . |
| 52 | A COUPLE who left their two children ‘ Home Alone ’ while they jetted off for a sunshine Christmas holiday were being questioned by police last night . |
| 53 | Two police forces and an airline took part in the 350-mile dash to make sure newlyweds Mark and Jan Hemmingway jetted off for a fortnight in the Seychelles . |
| 54 | PRINCESS Diana and her two boys will jet off for a sunshine holiday in the Caribbean , it was revealed last night . |
| 55 | Celebrities strip off for a TV valentine |
| 56 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
| 57 | Hereford were further rocked in the 52nd minute when player-coach Greg Downs was sent off for a professional foul on striker Mickey Spencer . |
| 58 | You all thought it was great fun — going off for a hot weather holiday ! |
| 59 | If he insists on calling back , ask him to hold on , and then play a blaring radio down the receiver — that should put him off for a few days . |
| 60 | ‘ The Bamford Hunt always gathers in the Market Square on Boxing Day and after downing a glass or two of something sustaining , moves off for a day 's sport , watched by the local populace . |