Example sentences of "off [prep] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This often happens , for example , when a research assistant pulls information off for a less computer literate academic . |
| 2 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 3 | I collect a dozen or so from the dewy grass in the early morning and set off for a few hours ' chubbing , knowing I am going to catch several fish , providing , of course , the weather and water conditions are favourable . |
| 4 | ‘ Fancy skiving off for a few hours ? |
| 5 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 6 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 7 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 8 | It is possible that I even dozed off for a few seconds , exhausted by the day 's work . |
| 9 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 10 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 11 | If he insists on calling back , ask him to hold on , and then play a blaring radio down the receiver — that should put him off for a few days . |
| 12 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 13 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 14 | I 'm off for a few days again so i 'll be a bit quiet . |
| 15 | By such standards both footballers and cricketers , provided they were among the minority who avoided injury and played in the first team , were quite well off for a few years . |
| 16 | And now the Newtownards man will be heading off for an all expenses paid weekend at the four star Castle Troy Hotel in Limerick , courtesy of competition organisers Co-Operation North . |
| 17 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
| 18 | This is filtered off after a few days , and the company is left with sheets of a solid , somewhat resembling uncooked pastry , which is then flavoured and textured . |
| 19 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |
| 20 | The first is in relation to debtor-creditor-supplier agreements where the amount owed is to be paid off in a few instalments . |
| 21 | Complexity is no disadvantage , so long as the report can be produced and the dust shaken off in a few minutes . |
| 22 | Can I please because I have to be off in a few minutes . |
| 23 | ‘ It 'll switch itself off in a few seconds . ’ |
| 24 | to consult the landed and trading interest of the nation , by lessening its incumbrances and public debts , and putting them in a method of being paid off in a few years ; which could not have been done , unless a way had been found to make the Annuities for long terms redeemable ; which had been happily effected by the South-Sea Scheme , without a breach of parliamentary faith . |
| 25 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |
| 26 | At 11.15 a.m. the 29 enthusiastic players teed off from a few tees . |
| 27 | Bank overdraft Flexible borrowing up to a certain ceiling for people with bank accounts , usually without security , and paid off over a few months , but can be extended over several years ; interest , calculated each day on how much the account is overdrawn that day , fluctuates in line with bank base rates ( usually about two per cent higher ) . |
| 28 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |
| 29 | We stopped off at a few cafes on the way so that we could stretch our legs . |