Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] off for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | BREAKFAST listeners were left in silence when two radio presenters nipped off for a coffee during the news — and got locked out of the studio . |
| 3 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 4 | ROVERS had goalkeeper Paul Crichton sent off for a professional foul to complete a miserable afternoon . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They had the car lights switched off for a while . |
| 8 | Derby were convincing 3–0 winners over Pisa , who also had Jose Antonio Chamot sent off for a professional foul on Ted McMinn . |
| 9 | ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ? |
| 10 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 11 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 12 | I told him it was n't me. ’ — The amateur footballer sent off for a foul by his twin brother . |
| 13 | Southend 's players flew off for a week 's break in Spain after a 2-1 win at Halifax which put them five points clear at the top of the Fourth Division . |
| 14 | Five players were booked , and Newry had David Coleman sent off for a bad challenge on Peebles . |
| 15 | Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing . |
| 16 | Leith blanked off for a moment as , with sinking spirits , she felt it would be a wonder if Sebastian found himself free to return to pay something off his mortgage the Christmas after next , let alone this coming one . |
| 17 | Apollon did n't help their cause when they had Marios Charalambous sent off for a second bookable offence a minute before the break . |
| 18 | The blue stood off for a moment , and the judge called another handle . |
| 19 | Two police forces and an airline took part in the 350-mile dash to make sure newlyweds Mark and Jan Hemmingway jetted off for a fortnight in the Seychelles . |
| 20 | Fabia drifted off for a second or two as she recalled the pleasantness of the evening , and the charm of her host . |
| 21 | After the celebrations were over , the couple took off for a honeymoon retreat in Asia . |
| 22 | The reception , complete with Thai barbecue , was held in a marquee in the back garden of their south London home , and the newly-weds jetted off for a honeymoon in New York . |
| 23 | They had n't said much to me apart from announcing themselves as Detective-Sergeant Hatchard and Detective Constable White , and even when they got back inside , Hatchard talked to the pathologist while White went off for a snoop around , as policemen do . |