Example sentences of "i was [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry , I was dozing off over there . |
| 2 | On the Saturday I was seen off by Ada , the Shelleys going away on the Friday night . |
| 3 | no I was made off . |
| 4 | Michael was after me to , but I was holding off . |
| 5 | I was holding off buying an away shirt , as I did n't want to wear a shirt that had never won a game . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've never been more depressed than the time I was sent off against Hibs . |
| 7 | ‘ I was no angel , but I was sent off just twice in over 20 years in the game and on both occasions it was for having a go at referees . |
| 8 | I had no premonition of disaster when I was sent off to answer a call from a Mrs Dunston . |
| 9 | My first day on the works I was sent off to whitewash a shed all by myself . |
| 10 | Gerald Bellamy was posted to the squadron , having previously served with 3 A.A.C.U. He recalls : ‘ I was posted off to Takali and given cockpit drill in a Hurricane . |
| 11 | I was living off my car savings for a while , but then they ran out . |
| 12 | but I mean it depends also I suppose erm , when your aiming for is the market , and I , I , I would like to have my work published but I also like to perform it and its got to be attractive to be looked at , in the first instance in , on a page its not known , er , there is , there is a lot of debate at the moment about using erm pages for poetry and some poets have actually starting using , writing from the wrong side and , and , and , and writing in the shape of a poem , for instance , if , what poem I was thinking off was a , was a waterfall so it was cascading the words cascading , you almost have to pick , ha , ha , have a choice of , of words that you want to fit into a particular thing , erm I think that 's had its place , but I think it can be a bit off putting as well , yeah , but it exciting , yeah definitely . |
| 13 | So every time I thought I was dropping off they 'd start . |
| 14 | We were always hidden away somewhere , I was packed off to various boarding-schools , he gave us piles of money , he just did n't want to see us ! |
| 15 | ‘ This time an X-ray revealed the damage and I was packed off to hospital for surgery . ’ |
| 16 | I liked to find my own stories — and I was just beginning to place the best of them in national papers when I was whisked off for two years ' National Service . |
| 17 | Early next morning we approached Port Augusta where I was getting off . |
| 18 | One night he drank a lot of whisky and told me I was gone off . |
| 19 | The only person not wholly in sympathy with this plan was the bartender who complained that I was supposed to be off duty and that the passengers should come to the bar to buy the drinks themselves ; I was syphoning off his tips . |
| 20 | Cos I was brassed off cos I said . |
| 21 | I was taking off my trousers when the radio operator came in and said someone was having an epileptic fit in one of the seismic camps . |
| 22 | We had ages together before I was taken off to the ward . |
| 23 | They had been country people and I was taken off to visit relatives and friends in Shepley and Harewood , sucking mintoes as a treat . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't tell me you made that , too , while I was sleeping off my drunken stupor ? ’ |
| 25 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
| 26 | On trying to contact Mr by phone I have on many occasions I was put off to say he was n't available I have also come to the foyer at the bottom asked to see Mr after twenty minutes wait and nobody turned up I decided to retire . |
| 27 | When I asked earlier what those penalties might be , I was fobbed off with the answer that the matter would be referred to the industrial tribunal , and that the worker involved might receive some form of compensation . |
| 28 | I was tipped off about you when you came to France , remember ? |
| 29 | At least you 're sure it was n't me , I was knocking off a few fish at the same time , remember ? ’ |
| 30 | It was awful , because although I 'd worn the dress all day , and stuck up for myself , I did feel bad about it ; they made me feel bad , sort of guilty , as if I was showing off my body . |