Example sentences of "off for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then he got injured in a field and had to be off for a year , but everything seems to be going well now . |
| 2 | But lines like ‘ It 's a bit hard , your Highness , I have n't had it off for a year ’ , when muttered by a grubby servant referring to his shoe , come just as easily from Tony Slattery as they ever did from Sid James . |
| 3 | TALKS ‘ ON AND OFF FOR A YEAR ’ , SAYS KAVNER |
| 4 | The estimated savings are based on the claimant being 22 weeks off the register , but again some stay off for a year , and some return much sooner . |
| 5 | ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year . |
| 6 | Yeah , I 'd probably fuck off for a year and do my own thing and come back and maybe take take , maybe start my own business . |
| 7 | His case was put off for a print-out about his driving licence to be obtained . |
| 8 | Coventry City .. 3 Grimsby Town ... 0 ( Coventry win 4-3 on agg ) GRIMSBY played for 87 minutes of this Littlewoods Cup tie with 10 men , and their prospects of defending the two-goal lead they brought to Highfield Road disappeared with Tony Rees , who was sent off for a coward 's foul on Greg Downs . |
| 9 | Two police forces and an airline took part in the 350-mile dash to make sure newlyweds Mark and Jan Hemmingway jetted off for a fortnight in the Seychelles . |
| 10 | So two would be off for a fortnight , and then two more and then two more . |
| 11 | Trouble yeah , trouble I got put off for a fortnight , on the dole , then he , I was on the dole for a week and er he cos at that time you had to appear in front of the erm , what they call the Court of Referees at the Labour Exchange , that was their Committee . |
| 12 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 13 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
| 14 | I was almost tempted to strip off for a plunge but sensed , then saw , a figure on the bank above . |
| 15 | CHRIS BURTON , Featherstone 's former Great Britain forward , has been suspended for five matches by the Rugby League disciplinary committee after being sent off for a head tackle in Featherstone 's home championship defeat by Leeds last Sunday . |
| 16 | STEVE HAMPSON , the Wigan and Great Britain full-back , was suspended for 10 matches by the disciplinary committee yesterday after being sent off for a head tackle in Saturday 's Regal Trophy quarter-final with at Leeds . |
| 17 | Simply place your finger over the end of the tube , lower the other end in the tank over the rubbish , and lift your finger off for a second . |
| 18 | I only dropped off for a second . ’ |
| 19 | Even when Dave MacDonald was sent off for a second bookable offence the blues were incapable of taking the advantage . |
| 20 | Fabia drifted off for a second or two as she recalled the pleasantness of the evening , and the charm of her host . |
| 21 | Cos if you take your eye off for a second , bang somebody 's there ! |
| 22 | But by portraying those of us who have sought conductive education for our children as unthinking lemmings dashing off for a dose of Hungarian miracle water , Dr Oliver 's polemic does us — and conductive education — less than justice . |
| 23 | We were taken off for a shower — which was welcome as I had n't washed properly since the night before I left London- and then shown our beds in the barrack rooms on the second and third floors . |
| 24 | Made a vain attempt to tidy up the room , which was already looking like a heavy-metal combat zone , and took himself off for a shower . |
| 25 | Please excuse me — I 'm off for a refill ’ , ‘ I 'm enjoying our chat , but I 've just seen someone whom I need to speak to urgently . ’ |
| 26 | The lights are off for a bit , so I turn round to look at her . |
| 27 | ‘ We want them to feel they can join us , hop off for a bit , and re-join further down the line . ’ |
| 28 | And they 'd knock off for a bit of dinner , come back , and do the second milking . |
| 29 | We can say we 're going to have to keep you off for a bit longer yet . |
| 30 | ‘ When Marcus comes back , piss off for a bit , will you ? |