Example sentences of "off [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dreaded gardeners ' garters , of Phalaris arundinacea ‘ Picta ’ manages to creep all over the place but is far too lovely a plant to write off just for that reason . |
| 2 | They , they said well we can redo it for you , they said we can give you a reduction in it , and he sort of bartered with them , and I think he got , you know , a good couple of hundred pound off just for this little chip in the unit . |
| 3 | Incidence of lawyer use drops off dramatically for those over 45 , for those renting their homes , and is markedly less for those from the skilled manual and own-account and semiskilled or unskilled manual socio-economic groups . |
| 4 | And but at Fords we they we were laid off again for this other weekend till they took stock . |
| 5 | She never uses the central heating system , only turns on a single bar of her electric fire for about half an hour and then off again for another half hour or so . |
| 6 | By the time you 've sussed that out , you 've missed another five minutes , your brain gets confused so you then switch off again for another three minutes and try and clear everything . |
| 7 | You would think that they were — thankfully — drawing to a close , and then they would burst off again for another hour and you found yourself wishing they would just shut up . |