Example sentences of "the [noun sg] off for " in BNC.

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1 Following the killings a military order was issued closing the Strip off for three days .
2 Which the fitters 'll take the side off for 'em ,
3 As ever , the amp is fan-cooled ; with the 3500 head I had expressed reservations about not being able to switch the fan off for recording , but John Henry 's insisted that it really would n't pose a problem in either DI 'd or close-miking situations .
4 Well I 've turned the one in the bedroom off for the moment cos if in the daytime if your mum 's up re resting
5 They will put the moment off for as long as possible or refuse to acknowledge that it is coming along and then protest that they were not told .
6 If Deane been told to be target man and also lay the ball off for the likes of rodders and Speed then he 's OK this season , but £3 mil for a STRIKER ! !
7 In the next attack Toman again ran at the defence and laid the ball off for the supporting Les McJannet ten yards out , but the full back was denied by a last ditch tackle .
8 Yeah , but it says do n't take the top off for twelve days , when did I la , when did it come out
9 And you just turn the gas off for five minutes
10 They 'd delight in things like withholding the mail , or telling the cook off for making the food look too attractive or for giving people too much .
11 There is no course of action that will help you lose the cacophony of teenagers yelling , adults whining and children screaming , until the turn off for Carn Mor Dearg , which joyfully appears at Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe .
12 The chaos happened after workmen resurfaced a mile and a half stretch of the motorway north of junction 16 between Watford Gap and the turn off for the M-45 .
13 The M twenty five clockwise very heavy and slow moving from junctions thirteen for Staines to junction eighteen , that 's the turn off for Chorleywood .
14 And it 's also heavy anti-clockwise at junction seventeen , which is the turn off for Mablecross .
15 Yeah I can leave the speaker off for a minute .
16 ‘ What did you have to switch the torch off for ? ’ said Lee .
17 Oh he 's off work and you see he has all the time off for councils and you know it is n't as if he 's there fulltime .
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