Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] off for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 .
3 ROVERS had goalkeeper Paul Crichton sent off for a professional foul to complete a miserable afternoon .
4 Ultimately it was Nayim 's audacious away goal that ruled , but only in the closing minutes had the Londoners enjoyed a moment 's respite from the pumped-up Fourth Division team , who had Roy McDonough sent off for a reckless tackle near the end .
5 With Morris brought off for a deserved breather , Mark Burns took over the duty of penalty taker after 58 minutes , the award coming after a Nigel Allister stick chop , and it was 5–1 .
6 Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub .
7 Derby were convincing 3–0 winners over Pisa , who also had Jose Antonio Chamot sent off for a professional foul on Ted McMinn .
8 He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London .
9 DALY , John : When rookie pro ‘ Long ’ John Daly set off for the 1991 US PGA Championship , he did n't even know whether he would get to play .
10 Five players were booked , and Newry had David Coleman sent off for a bad challenge on Peebles .
11 In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives .
12 Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing .
13 Wilcock set off for the New World .
14 Apollon did n't help their cause when they had Marios Charalambous sent off for a second bookable offence a minute before the break .
15 Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south .
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