Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] off for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the school of Tolkien was still notable in creating a large , sudden surface ripple in intellectual life : a surprising return to a sense of the supernatural and the transcendent that modern technology and modern philosophy , between them , were supposed to have finished off for good . |
| 2 | Birmingham striker John Gayle got sent off for two bookings in as many minutes … |
| 3 | She agreed , but said that before he began work with Brian Harley — after the Safari circuit but before the European Tour began — he had gone off for several days ’ training . |
| 4 | erm and I 've sent off for some loose fitting ones |
| 5 | His nose was broken in two places by a player he had sent off for violent play . |