Example sentences of "[vb pp] off for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the full force of the poison was staved off for a while . |
| 2 | I may have dozed off for a while . |
| 3 | Planting began in 1969 , but in 1981 , 15 years after the scheme had begun , the whole was sold off for a fraction of almost the billion dollars that had been invested in it . |
| 4 | The reason there is not a report is that Coun Terrans 's jump was called off for a day , perhaps because parchute jumps and mid-air collisions , even of a mock variety , are not a good match . |
| 5 | It was a small grave , and at its head was a low wooden cross inscribed with his name , date of birth , and date of death ; and as I passed , I had a vision of a little Aberdeen terrier who had gone off for a run by himself , and was now sporting in the fields of Paradise . |
| 6 | The problem arose again thirty years later , when their energies were channelled off on a crusade which ended in defeat at Nicopolis in 1396 , and yet again in 1444–5 when , after the truce of Tours , the ‘ Ecorcheurs ’ who were , as their name implied , ‘ skinning ’ France , were led off for a while to Switzerland and the imperial lands . |
| 7 | Some of the manuscript has been saved because it had been printed off for a friend to proof-read . |
| 8 | His case was put off for a print-out about his driving licence to be obtained . |
| 9 | He said Mrs Mawdsley 's husband phoned him the following evening to say she had seen her doctor and had been signed off for a month . |
| 10 | We were taken off for a shower — which was welcome as I had n't washed properly since the night before I left London- and then shown our beds in the barrack rooms on the second and third floors . |
| 11 | If they 've taken off for a fire two days or something ? |
| 12 | HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO IN THE NAME OF FAME — WOULD YOU HAVE YOUR HAIR SHAVED OFF FOR A FILM OR VIDEO ? : |
| 13 | CHRIS BURTON , Featherstone 's former Great Britain forward , has been suspended for five matches by the Rugby League disciplinary committee after being sent off for a head tackle in Featherstone 's home championship defeat by Leeds last Sunday . |
| 14 | STEVE HAMPSON , the Wigan and Great Britain full-back , was suspended for 10 matches by the disciplinary committee yesterday after being sent off for a head tackle in Saturday 's Regal Trophy quarter-final with at Leeds . |
| 15 | Coventry City .. 3 Grimsby Town ... 0 ( Coventry win 4-3 on agg ) GRIMSBY played for 87 minutes of this Littlewoods Cup tie with 10 men , and their prospects of defending the two-goal lead they brought to Highfield Road disappeared with Tony Rees , who was sent off for a coward 's foul on Greg Downs . |
| 16 | Even when Dave MacDonald was sent off for a second bookable offence the blues were incapable of taking the advantage . |
| 17 | On the Saturday before our departure our group was sent off for a day 's grape picking at Puyloubier , the rest home for injured and retired former legionnaires , in the foothills of Provence , about two hours ' drive from Aubagne . |
| 18 | Newcastle striker David Kelly was sent off for a foul on Michele Menolascina and the fracas broke out . |
| 19 | MARK JONES , the 16-stone Welsh forward in trouble after being sent off for a punch in Hull 's fiery clash with Warrington , is in more hot water . |
| 20 | COUNTLESS hours of studying over the past six years have paid off for a Barlaston engineering technician — in the form of an Open University degree . |