Example sentences of "off [prep] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel went off for his first term , and when he came back he was Oliver . |
| 2 | Jim went off for his first day at work in a mood of tender incredulity , still unable to stop smiling . |
| 3 | Paul Ritchie was sent off for his second bookable offence following a lunging challenge on Richard Gough and the visitors quickly pressed home their numerical advantage . |
| 4 | Breaking the three-generational run of Lester Knox Colemans , his sons , Joshua and Chad , were born on 16 September 1989 , at about the same time as the DIA decided to dust him off for his next assignment . |
| 5 | If only because he did n't have it to give — he 'd sent it off with his first letter . |
| 6 | Copsey is nor a dirty player and it would have been tragic had he been sent off in his first international ’ — IEUAN EVANS ( Wales captain ) on the Tony Copsey incident in Dublin against Ireland . |
| 7 | OLDHAM prop Mark Sheals , signed from Leigh this summer , was sent off on his first trip back to Hilton Park . |
| 8 | There is a diverse range of talents based at the Selborne farm — from confectioners to builders — and the NFU vice-chairman was given a brief tour before having to rush off to his next appointment . |
| 9 | In front of a tall classical tomb — the centre panel left blank for overprinting — reclines a shrouded skeleton , representing Death , who leans to the viewer 's left to stop Youth from detaining Time who is shown flying off to his next assignment . |
| 10 | He would give me a hearty slap on the back , comment on my expanding girth — ’ Twice the man you used to be , Andreas , eh ? ’ — say that we must meet again ’ for a jar , old man , but just this moment I have to rush , ’ look at his watch , sigh apologetically and shoot off to his next meeting or liquid lunch or whatever . |