Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wetherall came off for Batty . |
| 2 | Slowly , as fast as they could , the Macleans shoved off for home . |
| 3 | But Curbishley had few worries about beating Sunderland once they had had Kay sent off for foolishly retaliating against Walsh . |
| 4 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |
| 5 | Mr Yeltsin secured the required number of votes in his third attempt in four days , just as President Gorbachov flew off for a visit to Canada prior to his summit with President Bush in America . |
| 6 | Substitute Dean Gordon gave Comrades a tonic when he scored within a minute of coming on at the start of the second half , but David Montgomery got Carrick 's third two minutes from the end , with Wesley Hanna sent off for protesting . |
| 7 | Nigel went off for his first term , and when he came back he was Oliver . |
| 8 | Told not to give Betty any sudden shocks , Frank sets off for another job interview , as an entertainer at a holiday camp . |
| 9 | Notts had Agana sent off for using bad language but they came closest to winning … that man Paul Reece did the business again with the save of the game … |
| 10 | When she had eaten , Ruth set off for Dudley House . |
| 11 | But it was precisely Gould 's unshakeable commonsense , which Havell had so reviled , that was beginning to antagonise the rival American camp , and it was with exasperation that they watched Gould set off for Europe on a reconnoitring trip for his second publication . |
| 12 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 13 | With this thought in mind , Loretta set off for Paddington . |
| 14 | In July 1816 Sewell set off for Vienna , Berlin and Hanover . |
| 15 | BOURNEMOUTH Golden Oldies Hockey Festival International event for the over 35s with teams from Fiji , New Zealand , Canada and West Germany bullying off for supremacy in the week long tournament . |
| 16 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 17 | Penny and her Second , Sylvia , talked about it all the way to the corner where Sylvia turned off for home , and Penny only remembered her lost budgie again when Sylvia said goodbye and added : ‘ I do hope you find Kelpie soon , Penny . ’ |
| 18 | After her Medau season in Dumfries and Galloway ended , Valerie Archibald took off for New York to visit her son 's family . |
| 19 | PETERBOROUGH 's promotion hopes were dented when they lost 3–0 at lowly Wigan — and they also had striker Steve Cooper sent off for dissent . |
| 20 | Lowes fired Langley into the lead again after 49 minutes and they held on , despite having full back Paul Cooper sent off for swearing . |
| 21 | ROVERS had goalkeeper Paul Crichton sent off for a professional foul to complete a miserable afternoon . |
| 22 | The day 's individual performance came striker Gary MacDonald , who scored all four of his side 's goals in their 4–1 home win Blue Mark Outterside gave Blue Star the lead after six minutes , but the visitors then had Micky Robinson sent off for dangerous play . |
| 23 | Ultimately it was Nayim 's audacious away goal that ruled , but only in the closing minutes had the Londoners enjoyed a moment 's respite from the pumped-up Fourth Division team , who had Roy McDonough sent off for a reckless tackle near the end . |
| 24 | With Morris brought off for a deserved breather , Mark Burns took over the duty of penalty taker after 58 minutes , the award coming after a Nigel Allister stick chop , and it was 5–1 . |
| 25 | It was the match against Gillingham ( 4–1 ) on 5 March — 12,000 fans turned up , the band played ‘ For he 's a jolly good fellow ’ and Ted kicked off for us , even though a persistent injury prevented him from playing after New Year 's Day . |
| 26 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 27 | Clutching at the safety of recollection , the Glovers set off for more familiar regions . |
| 28 | Her conscience at peace , Julia set off for dinner in a mood to enjoy herself . |
| 29 | Charles and Di flew off for their third honeymoon this week . |
| 30 | and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason |