Example sentences of "[pron] off for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wednesday it went very well indeed , yes , I , we made forty four pounds , twenty nine pence on the day and then Betty went to Sawbridgeworth with some cushion covers and managed to sell them off for another five pounds so we got . |
| 2 | I 've ticked you off for all these here . |
| 3 | The first I knew of this was when , seeing his bollard shape through the wrought-iron railings , my old humiliator Holland turned to me and said , placing predictably his malicious emphasis , ‘ There 's your ‘ guardian ’ , Wharton , come to take you off for some wanky-wanky , as usual . ’ |
| 4 | On top of that you get compensation which is a maximum of ten thousand pounds and depends on erm whether you 've got another job , erm whether you 've contributed towards your own dismissal , and I think th the tribunal would knock something off for that . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , some 300 potato farmers dumped 3,000 tons of potatoes on roads to the north western town of Pontivy , cutting it off for several hours . |