Example sentences of "off [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Gayle , sent off during Birmingham 's Anglo-Italian Cup clash with Lucchese on Wednesday , has called on the players to toughen up as they face up to a New Year relegation battle .
2 SPURS boss Terry Venables looks down at controversial new skipper Neil Ruddock , sent off during Saturday 's 2-2 draw against Palace .
3 Before he limped off during Saturday 's game , the league 's highest paid player had scored just one goal in six matches .
4 Such problems are far off for Rugby 's Spiritualized , though their first LP is the toast of the rock press at the moment : a spacey , dreamy , bubbling mantra of introspection and buried tunes that is quite captivating .
5 and then go sa sa straight on down that road as it takes us down onto Castle Lane to then turn off for Sarah 's .
6 Ask her to send off for Tommy 's free Parent Appreciation Education Pack .
7 Then they have five days to sell the dog , make arrangements for the wife and kids and set off for Moscow 's Star City , ’ he said .
8 They had enjoyed my Watering-Place , a collection of interlinked sketches about Tunbridge Wells , lately published ( 'We 'd been rather badly off for books ' ) , and they had tales of other writers .
9 He got his brother to look after the bar for an hour or so , bundled Maidstone into a taxi driven by a friend of his and set off for Maidstone 's apartment in the Vomero .
10 Local knowledge paid off for Portugal 's Mario Barroas who won the individual title with the best of the Irish being former World Champion Bobby Smithers , from Dublin , in 18th place .
11 Cos off of Nick 's mum as well look .
12 Rivals are apparently grateful , hopeful marriage and a family will take some of the edge off of Gates ' competitiveness .
13 Nor could much be shaved off of AML 's purchasing inventory , Connolly hide and bespoke cylinders being notoriously inflexible on pricing .
14 The sending off of Rangers ' Mark Hateley , which came in between the opening goal from Ian Durrant and an equaliser from Lorenzo Staelens , was questionable in the extreme .
15 There 's plenty of hard riffing here , but ‘ Mr Wilson ’ begins quirkily , fussily , like The Beatles on ‘ Sgt Pepper 's ’ ‘ Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite ’ , and the next song , ‘ Moanjam ’ , roars off like Motorhead 's ‘ Ace Of Spades ’ .
16 There 's plenty of hard riffing here , but ‘ Mr Wilson ’ begins quirkily , fussily , like The Beatles on ‘ Sgt Pepper 's ’ ‘ Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite ’ , and the next song , ‘ Moanjam ’ , roars off like Motorhead 's ‘ Ace Of Spades ’ .
17 The hair came off like Herman 's wig , and the papery flesh flaked away from the exploded skull .
18 She was marched off under Andrée 's eyes .
19 Seven out of ten families in Darlington would be better off under Labour 's fair rent proposals .
20 Taking off with Britain 's next hanggliding champion .
21 E so we start off with E. Rai it was on actually to the point three not point nought three .
22 Rimsky-Korsakov 's Capriccio Espagnol provides an opportunity for the LSO to display its glittering virtuosity in one of the great orchestral showpieces — although there 's not enough hot Spanish sun here for my taste — and they then round the disc off with Grieg 's Two Elegaic [ sic ] Melodies , which are well enough played , but add little to the overall attractiveness of the disc .
23 Having it off with Michael 's , er Michael 's .
24 The indomitable Lady Franklin took off with Eliza 's husband around the 10 December on his first major exploration of the south and west coasts of Van Diemen 's Land .
25 But she was astonished , and deeply shocked , that they should have gone off with Guido 's speedboat .
26 Running off with Jonathan 's pen might sound like a good joke but , as you probably noticed , it is n't Gowie that the others come and help , but Jonathan .
27 The alligator swam off with Clara 's right arm in its jaws .
28 That was eight years after the Lloyd 's scandal — involving tens of millions of pounds being syphoned off into directors ' pockets — erupted .
29 " Yes , mam , " I went off into Meg 's and my bedroom .
30 That 's how it came about — idiots would clamber onstage and either get slung off or would dive off before Penge 's answer to Sid Justice got hold of them .
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