Example sentences of "[noun] off [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My meals came free also , at the nearby cafeteria , and I had an hour off to walk around the town . |
| 2 | Lucy says ’ when George died I phoned my agent and said give me three weeks off to get over the physical shock . |
| 3 | Phoebe dealt with Maggie 's immediate needs and took her trousers off to soak in the bathroom . |
| 4 | It 's a very stiff exam I must admit , when I look back on it , and we all had a a day off to go to the at or the Grammar school , sit this exam er and since I never heard anything I 'm assuming I failed . |
| 5 | Every so of ten the dog would break away and belt off to splash in the shallows or to investigate something smelly , thrown up by last night 's tide . |
| 6 | Gloria was officially still at school but took most afternoons off to help in the shop , for which she got paid . |
| 7 | A CHILDLESS woman was sacked from her job at a private hospital after she took time off to recover from the loss of surrogate twins , it was said . |
| 8 | In July the government majority fell to three on one vote but this narrow margin produced better attendances on the government side ; Unionists therefore sent their MPs off to speak around the country " with an occasional rush to London to keep the Rads. there " . |