Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1579 court-messengers were condemned in Star Chamber to have their ears lopped off for stealing £3,000 from the Crown in seven years . |
| 2 | FITTING SEND OFF FOR FOREMAN RONNIE |
| 3 | Wetherall came off for Batty . |
| 4 | DJ turned off for being rude |
| 5 | Golf : Practice paying off for Torrance |
| 6 | At last the great day arrived , and 17 players and supporters set off for England . |
| 7 | Slowly , as fast as they could , the Macleans shoved off for home . |
| 8 | Feeling the pinch : chief executive Jane Tozer ( left ) and marketing manager Jill Warren ( right ) expect potential clients to hold off for some time . |
| 9 | But Curbishley had few worries about beating Sunderland once they had had Kay sent off for foolishly retaliating against Walsh . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If the answer is yes , ask your Guider to write off for more information . |
| 12 | The US plans to start airdrops towards the end of this week with about two aircraft a day dropping key food and medical supplies to small communities cut off for 10 months . |
| 13 | The huge ammunition wagons set off for the crossroads , their massive iron-rimmed wheels digging great gouges into the road 's surface . |
| 14 | Out of her own clothing , into the clothing marked off for her on the design board , a quick check of hair and make-up , smile , toss back your shoulders , strut out from behind the curtain that separated the studio from the private showroom and stride the length of it to the platform and turn , step , step , turn . |
| 15 | Mr Yeltsin secured the required number of votes in his third attempt in four days , just as President Gorbachov flew off for a visit to Canada prior to his summit with President Bush in America . |
| 16 | Substitute Dean Gordon gave Comrades a tonic when he scored within a minute of coming on at the start of the second half , but David Montgomery got Carrick 's third two minutes from the end , with Wesley Hanna sent off for protesting . |
| 17 | Even the most reliable equipment is at the mercy of the fuse in the plug , and I would hope that if the Rocon circuit went off for this ( or any other reason ) , the remaining 200 watts would keep the tank from lethal chilling until I spotted the problem ( I am often away for days at a time ) |
| 18 | Nigel went off for his first term , and when he came back he was Oliver . |
| 19 | Told not to give Betty any sudden shocks , Frank sets off for another job interview , as an entertainer at a holiday camp . |
| 20 | Double act pays off for Chemicals |
| 21 | He had been a fisherman and told tales of the waters ‘ boiling ’ with seals near the Monach Isles , of canoeists setting off for St Kilda and of frequent sightings of porpoises , dolphins , basking sharks , even the occasional whale … |
| 22 | Notts had Agana sent off for using bad language but they came closest to winning … that man Paul Reece did the business again with the save of the game … |
| 23 | When she had eaten , Ruth set off for Dudley House . |
| 24 | But it was precisely Gould 's unshakeable commonsense , which Havell had so reviled , that was beginning to antagonise the rival American camp , and it was with exasperation that they watched Gould set off for Europe on a reconnoitring trip for his second publication . |
| 25 | BREAKFAST listeners were left in silence when two radio presenters nipped off for a coffee during the news — and got locked out of the studio . |
| 26 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 27 | With this thought in mind , Loretta set off for Paddington . |
| 28 | In July 1816 Sewell set off for Vienna , Berlin and Hanover . |
| 29 | BOURNEMOUTH Golden Oldies Hockey Festival International event for the over 35s with teams from Fiji , New Zealand , Canada and West Germany bullying off for supremacy in the week long tournament . |
| 30 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |