Example sentences of "off for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | A separate report indicated that Iran may have been working on the development of such a weapon on and off for a good decade . |
2 | A forty year old airliner that seats just fourteen passengers has taken off for a new lease of life in Australia . |
3 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
4 | She did not feel entirely at ease about this , and even went to consult the Careers Adviser in Cambridge , who gave her various leaflets , told her about trainee courses at the BBC , and sent her off for a two-day inspection of the Civil Service . |
5 | Paperwork finished about mid-day , off for a gentle sail to Zaverda , cocktail party to meet other crews . |
6 | Behind him the man was running out into the roadway , already too far off for a useful shot . |
7 | A lower setting gives slight orbital movement for harder materials , while the third setting allows the orbital action to be switched off for a straight reciprocating movement for filing or rasping , or fine cutting in hard materials . |
8 | Ultimately it was Nayim 's audacious away goal that ruled , but only in the closing minutes had the Londoners enjoyed a moment 's respite from the pumped-up Fourth Division team , who had Roy McDonough sent off for a reckless tackle near the end . |
9 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
10 | But a shot from Ripley levelled the scores and , after United defender Penney was sent off for a professional foul , Payton , a £750,000 signing from Hull , scored from the resulting free-kick . |
11 | Hereford were further rocked in the 52nd minute when player-coach Greg Downs was sent off for a professional foul on striker Mickey Spencer . |
12 | Derby were convincing 3–0 winners over Pisa , who also had Jose Antonio Chamot sent off for a professional foul on Ted McMinn . |
13 | ROVERS had goalkeeper Paul Crichton sent off for a professional foul to complete a miserable afternoon . |
14 | Thistle played it rough — sweeper Ray Farningham joined two other booked players , and in the 83rd minute was sent off for a professional foul on Nicholas . |
15 | Thistle played it rough — sweeper Ray Farningham joined two other booked players , and in the 83rd minute was sent off for a professional foul on Nicholas . |
16 | This Pentax weather-resistant camera arrived to be tested at a very opportune moment — I was just about to head off for a surfing weekend in North Cornwall . |
17 | It came as no surprise when he was sent off for a vicious headbutt to the hapless Hudd . |
18 | If you do run into lift , you must assess the situation on each turn , being ready to break off for a normal base leg and approach . |
19 | Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing . |
20 | Those who were too tired to move and still felt cold took themselves off for a hot bath . |
21 | You all thought it was great fun — going off for a hot weather holiday ! |
22 | Wrappers off for a super festive show |
23 | Damien and a companion of his choice can now head off for a fabulous hero 's weekend in London . |
24 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
25 | TAKE OFF FOR A LONG WEEKEND WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF CITROËN |
26 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
27 | Never wipe Rosie and Jim off for a long time . |
28 | ‘ Are you heading off for a dirty weekend with the managing director ? ’ |
29 | She was eighteen and had never been out of England , yet she unhesitatingly set off for a remote and savage country in Africa . |
30 | If you have not been impressed by the very positive connection between a lack of dietary fibre and the incidence of' cancer of' the colon , and the possible connections between fibre and heart disease , you are unlikely to rush off for a wholemeal loaf in order to prevent appendicitis or gall stones , just two of the other ailments being associated with our fibre-depleted modern diets . |