Example sentences of "[be] off for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hear there 's a barbecue so we 're off for a couple of tubes mate ! |
| 2 | The lights are off for a bit , so I turn round to look at her . |
| 3 | You 've been off for a while . |
| 4 | You had to appear in front of them , well this , I 'd been off for a week and the old Harbourmaster old he sent for me and he said erm , you can start work tomorrow as I . |
| 5 | He'd' 've had really , well this is the he goes back on Monday and he 've had a month off been off for a month . |
| 6 | ‘ Then he got injured in a field and had to be off for a year , but everything seems to be going well now . |
| 7 | At the first morning of rehearsal he began yawning and looking at his watch , wanting to be off for a drink . |
| 8 | So two would be off for a fortnight , and then two more and then two more . |
| 9 | You have to be off for a while to receive that , or straight away . |
| 10 | You 're gon na be off for a week because |
| 11 | Please excuse me — I 'm off for a refill ’ , ‘ I 'm enjoying our chat , but I 've just seen someone whom I need to speak to urgently . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm off for a few days again so i 'll be a bit quiet . |
| 13 | Tony announces that he is off for a crumble , an expression that has taken his fancy and replaced the computerese of going for a ‘ system dump . ’ |
| 14 | Chief Press Officer Alwyn James has , I see , won a Guardian travel prize and is off for a week in the Philippines . |
| 15 | A sick thing , he 's off for a week . |
| 16 | I was off for a week which is alright , but during that week I was heavily doped on downers . |
| 17 | But I 'm not I 'm not in the frame of mind to be saying this kid was off for a week with flu then and was off |
| 18 | No it was our summer holiday , I went off for two weeks , when I came back Paula was off for a month . |