Example sentences of "[be] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony 's back now so we 're off for some gnocchi . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're off to that stupid squadron . |
| 3 | WE 'RE OFF TO EURO DISNEY |
| 4 | Now we 're off along some alleys , cutting west till we reach the railway viaduct . |
| 5 | Some people are worried about eating and here we are off on this whole rock 'n' roll circus . |
| 6 | They do so to replace people who are off on longer term absences , to undertake special one-off jobs , to provide extra cover during holiday periods and to meet seasonal demands for output . |
| 7 | Talking of exotic locations , our lucky fashion department have been off to colourful Morocco , to see how they got on turn to page 37 . |
| 8 | The problem of the cut-off water supply — it had been off since eight that morning — had made it much worse . |
| 9 | Irvine , California-based Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology . |
| 10 | Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology . |
| 11 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
| 12 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |
| 13 | Objects directly in front of the subject appear to be off to one side . |
| 14 | After adaptation , things that initially appeared to be off to one side appear directly ahead again . |
| 15 | The pressure will be off to some extent and we can concentrate on winning . |
| 16 | ‘ On November 1 they told us that normal Christmas arrangements would apply — that we would work for most of the holiday period — then they dropped this bombshell on November 22 and said we would be off for two weeks . |
| 17 | He gets married next month and one of his first tasks yesterday was to inform his wife-to-be that four days after they return from their honeymoon he 'll be off for two months on a 13-game tour . |
| 18 | yeah he looked a bit bad but if you 're off for one you might as well be off for two ai n't ya ? |
| 19 | So , I mean what I would suggest is er I do n't know is John anticipated to be off for some time do you think ? |
| 20 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 21 | There was a time , though , when every weekend he would be off on that cycle . |
| 22 | It was almost invariably the same : halfway through any case Morse would be off on some improbable and complicated line of thought which would be just as readily abandoned as soon as a few more facts emerged . |
| 23 | Yeah somebody trustworthy to replace them or erm they will allow so many in actually erm be off at one given time . |
| 24 | I was supposed to be off at four , this was six so I thought , two hours overtime . |
| 25 | The tents were up ; the fires were lit ; everyone sounded cheerful , happy to be off at last . |
| 26 | Now how many of those , do you think , will still be off after six months . |
| 27 | I 'll be off in ten minutes . ’ |
| 28 | This letter has taken me ages , i 'm off for some food . |
| 29 | Galactix scores 100% in all departments , now I 'm off for another game ! |
| 30 | I 'm off to fucking bed ! |