Example sentences of "[vb pp] off for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A vast open space had been cordoned off for the day . |
| 2 | The dog seems anxious to get the harness on ; indeed , all through the trip the dogs are always keen to pull and seem miserable when they are tied off for the night . |
| 3 | The policeman had been genuinely pleased by the invitation , and the two had set off for the river . |
| 4 | Kallicharran , assuming that the entertainment had been concluded for the day , also set off for the dressing-room . |
| 5 | What I had meant to say was that he was being inducted as a churchwarden , and the two of them had gone off for the ceremony — my friend was having a busy day ! |
| 6 | The continuing need to demonstrate self control results in all lesser activities being put off for the time-being . |
| 7 | And when people send her christmas cards everyone 's gon na spell it wrong and she 's gon na be pissed off for the rest of her life . |
| 8 | No I know but everyone would think she was called Samantha and she 'd be pissed off for the rest of her life . |
| 9 | A clear handball , as the replay shows and sure enough a penalty , but then Oxford 's Mike Ford was mysteriously sent off for the offence . |
| 10 | Last year , 20 players were sent off for the use of elbows . |
| 11 | Blissett , 28 , was sent off for the challenge and received an automatic three-match ban for violent conduct under the FA disciplinary code . |
| 12 | Brentford striker Gary Blissett was sent off for the foul that resulted in Uzzell going to hospital for an operation to rebuild his cheek on December 14 . |
| 13 | Before a word of evidence was heard against him , his restaurant , Masons , was flogged off for the Crown Prosecution Service by receivers Touche Ross , who pocketed £73,000 in fees . |