Example sentences of "[noun] off from [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctors had told him he must take several months off from the exhausting business of running a supremely successful nightclub , for the sake of his health , and looking at him now she could see all too clearly the deeply etched lines on his face , the distinct greyness of his skin . |
| 2 | A modern drainage system means that the village rarely floods these days , but the village green , known locally as ‘ The Pond ’ though it was filled in many years ago , shows signs of its former glory whenever there is a heavy rainstorm , and a decent fall of snow , combined with the winds so common to the Wolds , can still cut the village off from the outside world . |
| 3 | A promotion-chasing football team has taken the day off from a hectic training schedule to record a pop song . |
| 4 | Few now want to follow Philadelphia 's lead and cut museums off from the public purse altogether — a policy that would surely up-end the Met 's unrivalled success at striking the right balance between showbiz and the unworldly . |
| 5 | Only when a package burst open did the sheriff receive a tip off from the postal service U P S. |
| 6 | We can not expect pupils to learn the sophistication necessary for handling difficult concepts if we constantly draw a veil over them and shut pupils off from the real debate . |
| 7 | The latter split between what were to become known as ‘ weekend hippies ’ taking time off from the straight world , and those in Miles words , ‘ still trying ’ . |
| 8 | For both family farmers and part-time farmers it was essential to set dates well in advance of courses to allow sufficient time for organisation of work or time off from an off-farm job . |