Example sentences of "[verb] off for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But the full force of the poison was staved off for a while .
2 Hurry off for the bran .
3 PLACE your bets with Bugsy — and you could be jetting off for a week in Las Vegas the gambling capital of the world .
4 SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale completed two key close season signings before jetting off for a week 's break in Greece yesterday .
5 well let it dry off for a minute , well they must have a card , good job I thought about that I should be interested to see what she calls her because I think Annalise is a beautiful name
6 We headed off for the north-east facing slopes of La Masse , hoping to find the best snow .
7 Send off for the copies you missed and complete your collection of Britain 's newest , brightest gardening magazine .
8 Again , send off for the school prospectus and find out the school 's aims and objectives .
9 Then it was a half-hour 's drive from our base to Christophe and Hedwige 's house , and from there Mike would set off on an hour 's run with Christophe through the forest , still in darkness , to ensure they reached the chimpanzees ' nest site before the occupants moved off for the day .
10 Yeah , I 'd probably fuck off for a year and do my own thing and come back and maybe take take , maybe start my own business .
11 Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by .
12 It was Jeff who 'd insisted that they stop off for a drink .
13 The bus was made to stop on Westminster Bridge , where the ‘ Lord Dennings ’ filed off for the benefit of the world 's press , to the accompaniment of a reading by Heathcote Williams , the alternative poet .
14 A vast open space had been cordoned off for the day .
15 I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years .
16 Get your playgroup involved by writing off for the Playweek kit , which contains all kinds of money-making ideas .
17 Day Two : At 8.00am breakfast is on the table and your cruiser casts off for the sail to the ancient spa town of Bad Schandau .
18 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 .
19 ‘ Bless my soul , ’ said Calatin in a deep rumbling voice , ‘ bless my soul , I believe I dropped off for a while .
20 I only dropped off for a second . ’
21 Ga-ry and Ja-kki are only outdone in the hard-work stakes by the man from the council with the large hammer who perpetually replaces fence posts as the crowd swells and the area cordoned off for the benefit of the saplings shrinks .
22 I may have dozed off for a while .
23 Before he could head off for the dustbin , Elinor gripped his wrist firmly .
24 ‘ My mother will probably have a very genteel fit of hysteria , and my father will mutter something about it being a ‘ damn shame ’ and your not being ‘ the right kind of girl ’ , and then stomp off for a game of golf .
25 Trouble yeah , trouble I got put off for a fortnight , on the dole , then he , I was on the dole for a week and er he cos at that time you had to appear in front of the erm , what they call the Court of Referees at the Labour Exchange , that was their Committee .
26 A MOTHER has condemned thieves who stole the wheels off the family car just before her cancer victim daughter was to set off for a hospital check up .
27 It was a suspiciously long letter for someone who seldom wrote any , and when Rain was waiting to set off for the office he was still tapping away at it .
28 But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump .
29 This is the beginning of the classic route to follow on a walking tour of Zurich , starting from the main railway station through the sophisticated poise of the Bahnhofstrasse and branching off for the Lindenhof .
30 So er to get to your question erm I 've sort of not been doing anything erm I was hoping that I would be sort of fully fit round about now and then if I saw something on teletext er that was good I 'd just buzz off for a week or so .
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