Example sentences of "[been] off [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Nobody , least of all the press corps plane-spotting outside Incirlik air base , believed the first official tale : that the waves of American aircraft returning with their bomb pods empty had been off on a training exercise . |
2 | You 've been off for a while . |
3 | You had to appear in front of them , well this , I 'd been off for a week and the old Harbourmaster old he sent for me and he said erm , you can start work tomorrow as I . |
4 | He'd' 've had really , well this is the he goes back on Monday and he 've had a month off been off for a month . |
5 | and er if Paul has had a phone call from one of these woman then he 's been off like a shot ! |