Example sentences of "off [pos pn] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Taking a steady look at it , thought Nelly to herself , easing off her shoes for greater comfort , it was n't such a bad little house , and certainly very much more conveniently placed for shopping than her own cottage at Lulling Woods .
2 They are appealing to the nation to switch off its lights for five minutes at 8pm to show the Government the depth of anger at the coal crisis .
3 It 's no fair reason they do n't want to be with me. anybody could go off their head for that .
4 The employer could even suspend production and live off his wealth for some considerable time .
5 ‘ I 'd take it off your hands for four and a half thousand . ’
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