Example sentences of "be off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Right now I am off the international scene . |
| 2 | ‘ Have you ever been off the island ? ’ asked Endill . |
| 3 | Ladbrokes had quoted Jenny Pitman 's gelding , who has been off the course for over two and a half years , at 33-1 but have now scratched him from their list . |
| 4 | Trainer Peter Beaumont is keen to get a run into the seven-year-old who has been off the track since narrowly going down to 40-1 shock winner Sibton Abbey last month . |
| 5 | I 've had faxes , letters , telephone calls — in fact I 've never been off the phone all week because of the speculation . |
| 6 | Granville Again , an unlucky faller when poised to deliver his challenge in the race 12 months ago , has been off the track since he finished eight lengths third behind Mighty Mogul at Kempton over Christmas . |
| 7 | The Schimmel sale was a perfect opening for the nervous novice , as the works were fresh , having been off the market for decades , familiar from exhibitions and publications , and generally trouble-free . |
| 8 | Mountain Crash has been off the course since his Cottenham run , but may reappear in the Ladies ' Open , in which recent winners Easy Over , Royal Sting , Shedid and Takeover Bid are among a good entry . |
| 9 | The fourth stage was planned to take place in late March and will show what our position is after we have been off the air for some time . |
| 10 | He says that he is clean now ; Issy and him have been off the stuff for five whole days . |
| 11 | ‘ It would be marvellous if The Committee were to win the National , ’ Scott said , ‘ for the two owners have been immensely patient and have let me get on with bringing the horse back to his best after he had been off the course for two and a half years . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We caught Kenny after he had been off the road and were worried that he was going to hold us up because we knew Nolan was catching up quickly , ’ explains Dean . |
| 13 | ’ Anybody could 've gone outside and pulled a plug out of the wall and the show would 've been off the air A lot of people probably wish they had . ’ |
| 14 | Chatam had not been seen in public since finishing fourth to Sibton Abbey in the Hennessy at Newbury in November , and Pipe said yesterday : ‘ It was a fine run considering he had been off the course for so long and he goes for the Gold Cup with every chance . |
| 15 | Glaisdale almost certainly needed that outing for he had been off the course for more than three months . |
| 16 | Never been off the hook . |
| 17 | The situation in the Gulf may now dwarf the Palestinian issue , but no Middle East crisis can be seen in isolation ; a thousand days of protest has assured the plight of Palestinians has rarely been off the world agenda . |
| 18 | I bought him in the summer as a very green five-year-old , who had never been off the farm where he was bred . |
| 19 | Even when they are off the sledges the dogs are kept apart . |
| 20 | A far greater number of women work in television than did ten or fifteen years ago , but , as far as the industry is concerned , women and women 's issues are off the agenda ; non-subjects . |
| 21 | ‘ Look , his hands are off the wheel . |
| 22 | Then Sam says something else — I do n't know — so I grab him and I have him up against the wall and feet are off the ground , and I said , ‘ Sam , I hope you know what I mean , Sam ! ’ |
| 23 | Hounds such as the Bassett can be particularly stubborn , especially about returning once they are off the leash . |
| 24 | And though Zurich could never be described as off the beaten track of tourism , there are plenty of quiet corners close to the city centre which are off the beaten track of Zurich itself . |
| 25 | The game continues until all the beads are off the board . |
| 26 | Our resorts are off the beaten track ; to reach them we fly to offbeat airfields with skimpy facilities , or we take unfashionably long bus drives from better known airports . |
| 27 | Corrections — or interceptions by another name — are usually twice the number of degrees that you are off the desired track . |
| 28 | A breeze cuts across from the river , bringing that faint Thames aroma that floats up only when cars are off the road . |
| 29 | ‘ The breaches that concern me most at the moment are off the ball incidents , dangerously high tackles and illegal use of the elbow , ’ he added . |
| 30 | Now Gloucester folk are smiling again … their team are off the mark in the league … on Saturday the cherry and whites beat Rugby twenty one … twelve |