Example sentences of "off for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There was an hour of cleaning and a change of crew before we finally lifted off for the short leg down to Abu Dhabi . |
| 32 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 33 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |
| 34 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 35 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |
| 36 | He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks . |
| 37 | Ossie and Tito steal him back and set off for the wild reaches of western Ireland with Byrne , Kelly and their friend Kathleen ( Barkin ) in hot pursuit . |
| 38 | OMAGH TOWN had a man sent off for the third game in a row as they were outclassed at Shamrock Park . |
| 39 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
| 40 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 41 | The lights flickered on and off for the last dance . |
| 42 | And you go out and do the same thing again and you 're getting le let off for the same thing all the time and you think you 're going to get away with it all the time . |
| 43 | Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south . |
| 44 | A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ . |
| 45 | GARETH CHILCOTT , the England prop who was sent off for the fourth time in his playing career with Bath when the champions suffered a League reversal at Gloucester last month , is still awaiting news of his punishment from the Somerset disciplinary committee . |
| 46 | In the next attack Toman again ran at the defence and laid the ball off for the supporting Les McJannet ten yards out , but the full back was denied by a last ditch tackle . |
| 47 | Jones , who was sent off for the sixth time in a five-year career against Blackburn on his Wimbledon return two weeks ago , hosts a controversial video that makes heroes of men of great skill who play to hurt and unveils a code that includes : |
| 48 | Kirk finds God in the slightly rubbish STAR TREK V : THE FINAL FRONTIER and Jane Fonda gets her kit off for the evil Duran Duran in groovy pop-art romp BARBARELLA . |
| 49 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 50 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |
| 51 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |
| 52 | They include Another Coral , 8lb better off for the seven lengths he was beaten by Tipping Tim in the Mackeson , Martin Pipe 's Milford Quay , the progressive Sacre d'Or and the 1989 Champion Hurdler Beech Road . |