Example sentences of "[vb past] off for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver 's home was en route so we stopped off for mint tea there . |
| 2 | Normally , unless you have one of these keys , you would have to call the water company 's engineers if you wanted the mains turned off for any reason — perhaps to work on the mains stopcock inside the house . |
| 3 | And there was a coupon in , he sent off for fifteen pound off . |
| 4 | He joined a roll of dishonour which includes Paul Stewart , sent off for violent conduct against Apollon Limassol in Cyprus , and Bruce Grobbelaar , shown a red card in the second round first leg in Moscow . |
| 5 | The day 's individual performance came striker Gary MacDonald , who scored all four of his side 's goals in their 4–1 home win Blue Mark Outterside gave Blue Star the lead after six minutes , but the visitors then had Micky Robinson sent off for dangerous play . |
| 6 | Kathleen and I went off for some lunch and we then went to have a look at the castle . |
| 7 | and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason |
| 8 | wrote off for another job in ? |
| 9 | ‘ Please do n't bother , ’ he said nervously , envisaging himself carried off for criminal libel . |
| 10 | Unable to face his wife in the bungalow in High Park Avenue and fearful of meeting her in one of the shops if he hung about the town , he set off for another walk along the beach , striking out this time in the opposite direction from the one he 'd taken that morning . |
| 11 | Leaving Colonel Doughty-Wylie in charge of the Legation , he set off for Dire Dawa by caravan on 4 May and arrived in England on 15 June . |