Example sentences of "[noun pl] be off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My two brothers are off on holiday now for ten days . |
| 2 | I expect Jenny , her kids are off at school now are n't they ? |
| 3 | Gloucester who are licking their wounds are off to Pontypool while four local sides play in the first round of the Pilkington Cup |
| 4 | The lights are off for a bit , so I turn round to look at her . |
| 5 | Small-boat owners were off at moorings indulging themselves , checking gear or tinkering with engines . |
| 6 | The lights were off in the big drawing-room but someone had lit the logs which had been piled in the fireplace . |
| 7 | In other words , the lights were off in the living-room except for the strobes around the disco where a lonely DJ was pumping out Frankie Goes to Hollywood , and all the guests at the party were in the kitchen cluttering up the fake oak worksurfaces and obscuring the Neff oven . |
| 8 | The lights were off in the living-room , but the television was on and I was amused to see a little bluish-grey man talking seriously to the empty armchairs . |
| 9 | Officers at Darlington Borough Council say the gloves are off in the battle for compensation over the town 's £12m Dolphin Centre sports complex . |
| 10 | TWO top British lawyers are off to Africa this month to prosecute a trade unionist imprisoned and tortured by a ruthless dictator . |
| 11 | Sadako Ogata , the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) , had announced earlier that all operations were off except those in central Bosnia . |
| 12 | It 's just that they they were worried that they were losing , they were worried that they were losing support , of losing cos the peasants are off on their own , you know , what 's the logical path . |
| 13 | In that case , they say , all bets are off for co-operation on the budget next year . |
| 14 | to get themselves on top form and at full fitness the Tigersharks are off to San Fransisco on Wednesday … club fund raising and the mums and dads are paying the bill … why abroad … |
| 15 | It might suggest that all bets were off on the release stakes or , ever hopeful , it might be that they were planning on letting us go and did n't want us to be able to give any hint , however vague , as to the whereabouts of the Yanks . |
| 16 | This autumn the last of my children is off to university and I 'm wondering if it 's realistic to consider entering the job market , since it 's 29 years since I worked . |
| 17 | Hampered by a lack of guidelines the Chancellor 's initiative to encourage private investment in public projects is off to a slow start . |
| 18 | Our fashions are off to a gentle start with soft neutral colours but do n't miss the great style of the shawl-collared coat by Nina Miklin ( Pattern 3 ) . |