Example sentences of "[verb] off for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 2 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 3 | There 's a rigourous routine of hard practice before the party from the Dragon School in Oxford head off for the African continent . |
| 4 | As on previous years , the start of the event which has come to be known simply as ‘ the ARC ’ was emotional : 121 boats ranging in size from 30ft to 75ft. ( 9 to 23m ) headed off for a transatlantic crossing to St Lucia in the Caribbean . |
| 5 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
| 6 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 7 | To subscribe to ELT Journal , simply fill in the form on the back of this leaflet and send it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 8 | Make sure that you receive all four issues of the 1993 volume by filling out the form on the back of this leaflet and sending it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf , or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 9 | Instead , preceding even the title page is the injunction ‘ Immediately after buying this book , send off for the eight mail order catalogues listed on p.357 ’ . |
| 10 | This line of islands swings round to the north , and finally back to the west through South Georgia , describing a great loop , and then heads off for the extreme south of South America . |
| 11 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 12 | You could tackle the island 's one and only hill south of Es Calo , stop off for a welcome break at El Mirador and as you cool off with an iced drink , take in the panoramic view . |
| 13 | It is also taking a 49.9% stake in Swedish food company Bake Off for an undisclosed sum . |
| 14 | And you go out and do the same thing again and you 're getting le let off for the same thing all the time and you think you 're going to get away with it all the time . |
| 15 | There was an hour of cleaning and a change of crew before we finally lifted off for the short leg down to Abu Dhabi . |
| 16 | Aid workers say Central Bosnia , cut off for the first time this Winter by the war between Croats and Muslims , is facing a humanitarian catastrophe . |
| 17 | Damien and a companion of his choice can now head off for a fabulous hero 's weekend in London . |
| 18 | Volkov had been written off for the last five years . |
| 19 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 20 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 21 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 22 | Paint on oil-based paint , then partially rub off for an antiqued look . |
| 23 | You all thought it was great fun — going off for a hot weather holiday ! |
| 24 | Well it 's quite fun just going off for the odd day cos then he goes off to see Ian , he enjoys that but it was two afternoons last week cos I did Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon |
| 25 | ‘ Are you heading off for a dirty weekend with the managing director ? ’ |
| 26 | The families are heading off for the only place where they can make a living these days : the jungle area of Chapare in Cochabamba. province . |
| 27 | And now the Newtownards man will be heading off for an all expenses paid weekend at the four star Castle Troy Hotel in Limerick , courtesy of competition organisers Co-Operation North . |
| 28 | ‘ Fancy skiving off for a few hours ? |
| 29 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 30 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |