Example sentences of "sent off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | CLIVE ALLEN scored twice , but Trevor Morley was sent off as European football last night returned to Upton Park for the first time in 11 years . |
2 | The third reason why Dzerzhinsky was sent off to distant Siberia was purely political , and had little to do with the railways . |
3 | Messengers were sent off to sympathetic neighbours , and , amongst them , Hugh Woodburn of Loudoun Mains sent his younger brother , George , to ask John Nisbet of Hardhill to come with all haste . |
4 | Unlike Britain , which has an all-professional army , France is hampered by a law that prohibits conscripts , though not volunteers , from being sent off to foreign wars . |
5 | His nose was broken in two places by a player he had sent off for violent play . |
6 | THE FA have suspended Middlesbrough full back Jimmy Phillips for three matches after he was sent off for violent conduct in an off-the-ball incident against Southend last Saturday . |
7 | Midfielder Willie Falconer is lined up to deputise for Phillips , who was sent off for violent conduct against Southend United . |
8 | The match turned ugly in the dying minutes when two-goal Tosh of Arbroath and Fife goalkeeper Charles were sent off for violent conduct . |
9 | That set the fur flying and even United coach Geoff Konopka was also sent off for serious misconduct . |
10 | Rovers Defender , Dave Higgins punched the ball out ; he was sent off for deliberate hand ball as Jim Magilton slammed home United 's second . |
11 | Though the current talk is about establishing multinational units and of creating a European rapid-deployment force that could be sent off at short notice to cope with unexpected contingencies , Europe 's armies have too many of the wrong sorts of forces , doing the wrong jobs . |
12 | Shame about the result yesterday , but what a joy to see Hughes-less being sent off on live tv ! |
13 | Controversy has surrounded Saints ' clashes with Cheshire this season , with first Nottage then Colin Kirkham being sent off in close games . |
14 | Wednesday approached a difficult job well and scored two good-looking goals , but the truth is the tie was really lost in Kaiserslautern , where goalscorer David Hirst was sent off in bizarre circumstances . |
15 | For centuries young bloods had been sent off by indulgent parents to tour Europe in the hope that they would return cultured , educated , their manners refined and their address books packed with useful contacts , but Cook 's was the first group tour of European countries organized by an excursion agent . |
16 | A RED DEVIL MARK Hughes is sent off by Danish referee Jan Dangaard for a second bookable offence long before Manchester United 's mission to Moscow ends in bitter defeat . |
17 | Towns go all out for City Challenge cash Multi-million pound City Challenge bids were sent off by hopeful Cleveland towns this week . |