Example sentences of "off for [art] [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 | 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 . |