Example sentences of "[verb] off for [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can presume that the novelty of the Society had worn off for the capricious upper classes . |
| 2 | East Berlin remained virtually sealed off for the fourth successive day yesterday , but in Poland a further 300 East Germans took refuge with the West German embassy in Warsaw . |
| 3 | Apollon did n't help their cause when they had Marios Charalambous sent off for a second bookable offence a minute before the break . |
| 4 | I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe . |
| 5 | A lower setting gives slight orbital movement for harder materials , while the third setting allows the orbital action to be switched off for a straight reciprocating movement for filing or rasping , or fine cutting in hard materials . |
| 6 | I am writing this quickly on my return ( Tuesday evening ) from London , prior to setting off for the European rural conference in Scotland . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Alan McDonald was sent off for a second bookable offence as Queens Park Rangers lost 2–1 to Tottenham . |
| 9 | Earlier , with just seconds remaining of normal time , Mark Hughes had been sent off for a second bookable offence and his team mates then produced a magnificent display of courageous football to keep themselves in this tie . |
| 10 | Middlesbrough fans feared the worst when central defender Nicky Mohan was sent off for a second bookable offence . |
| 11 | Clarke was the luckiest player on earth not to be sent off for the clearest professional foul imaginable on Strachan after 69 minutes . |
| 12 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |