Example sentences of "off [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Are we better off searching for the hidden opportunities or spotting the obvious ones early enough ?
2 This may have brought comfort to some but statistically it was as risky as playing Russian roulette , and I laid off smoking for the next seven years .
3 He made films like Sanders of the River ( 1935 ) and The Four Feathers ( 1939 ) , featuring courageous British aristocrats going off to fight for the British empire , not out of a sentimental admiration for those times , but because the Empire provided good stories , as Hollywood also found at the time .
4 Gary is now leading the series with three rounds to go … this week he 's off to race for the European Championship in Holland …
5 He then rushed off to prepare for the main service of the morning as the Minster bells began to ring out .
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