Example sentences of "[verb] off for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the full force of the poison was staved off for a while . |
| 2 | ‘ Bless my soul , ’ said Calatin in a deep rumbling voice , ‘ bless my soul , I believe I dropped off for a while . |
| 3 | I may have dozed off for a while . |
| 4 | The rain was holding off for a while and the streets were drying in patches . |
| 5 | They had the car lights switched off for a while . |
| 6 | Sometimes he left the food , leaned into the wind and took off for a while , to circle and check that no Men were about . |
| 7 | The problem arose again thirty years later , when their energies were channelled off on a crusade which ended in defeat at Nicopolis in 1396 , and yet again in 1444–5 when , after the truce of Tours , the ‘ Ecorcheurs ’ who were , as their name implied , ‘ skinning ’ France , were led off for a while to Switzerland and the imperial lands . |
| 8 | The message was clear : ‘ Let things cool off for a while . ’ |
| 9 | He could hear her hairdryer , almost as hard on his nerves as a dentist 's drill ; it had ruined three attempts to get the message down already , but he did n't want to ask her to lay off for a while in case the uneasy peace was threatened yet again . |