Example sentences of "[verb] he off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mummy told him off for saying it when I was there . |
| 2 | Breaking the three-generational run of Lester Knox Colemans , his sons , Joshua and Chad , were born on 16 September 1989 , at about the same time as the DIA decided to dust him off for his next assignment . |
| 3 | Dad must have told him off for |
| 4 | But his own doctor said he was not fit even for office work and signed him off for another six months because of ‘ obesity and hypertension ’ . |
| 5 | It felt too much as if she was shunting him off for her own convenience , even though she knew that it was the only sane and sensible thing to do . |
| 6 | His manner is the epitome of Ivy League rectitude : one of Boyd 's friends told me that the producer once ticked him off for breaching etiquette on opening a car door for a lady . |
| 7 | All in a year he won European indoor gold in Madrid , the Commonwealth silver in Edinburgh and the European outdoor gold over 100 metres in Stuttgart where officials ticked him off for collecting his medal while draped in the Union Jack . |
| 8 | One of Alejandro 's sons playing back rode him off for the backhand and hit it up the field to his brother who dribbled it a few yards , then sliced it to Perdita . |
| 9 | Well , I mean , really what he does is , apart from being a puppy and chewing things , you ca n't tell him off for doing it , because if you do then that 's when he shows , you know , his teeth come back and really he makes you frightened . |
| 10 | They had no available extended family : there were Potters scattered about North Yorkshire who had not been seen since Bill 's Congregationalist parents had cast him off for unbelief . |
| 11 | By 1982 , the bank sent him off for four months ' study at Harvard Business School . |
| 12 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 13 | His looks , his temperament , his background — even his name marked him off for ridicule . |
| 14 | But why should one incident put him off for ever ? |
| 15 | If he insists on calling back , ask him to hold on , and then play a blaring radio down the receiver — that should put him off for a few days . |
| 16 | For years he keeps the kid hidden away like the greatest secret in the galaxy , and now he 's showing him off for everybody to see . |
| 17 | He did n't know where Victor and Masha were ; they had separated at Heathrow , some Amnesty guys had taken him off for a boozy lunch . |
| 18 | She 's been putting him off for years . |
| 19 | So I 've kept him off for off it 's not fair with Oliver . |
| 20 | He may have made a cool £250,000 out of writing George Michael 's biography , but he was cute enough to identify a demand for the tome , and lucky George did n't want to rip him off for the proceeds . |
| 21 | Ok , if he fades , take him off for someone else , if we are in control , then yes Rocky . |
| 22 | It was partly for shame after all the talk and the things that the papers said , but as well as that they wanted to cut him off for good . ’ |
| 23 | I used to tell him off for riding a bike without a light — summonsed him in the end and he was fined about ten bob . |
| 24 | Tom then howled and snatched it back and the parents intervened to tell him off for making a noise and for snatching . |