Example sentences of "i [be] off [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I suppose I am off guard .
2 I am off food hunting . ’
3 I 'm off home for the morning , but you 're wanted to come with me to see a VIP about a missing person .
4 ‘ Well , I 'm off home to change , ’ he chirped , ‘ got an important date this afternoon . ’
5 " I 'm off home , She waved and cycled off down the High Street .
6 I 'm off canoeing in the Rockies for a fortnight with Mr Robinson .
7 I 'm off Chelmsford
8 A disabled doctor reported that patients would say , ‘ I 'm off work with a sore knee and there you are working on your crutches . ’
9 I 'm off games .
10 I 'm off Sunday . ’
11 I 'm off Monday , Tuesday and if we get a doctor in , I 'll do the scopes I 'll be in on Thursday .
12 I 'm off Wednesday , then I have Thursday , work Thursday , then I 'm off Friday .
13 I 'm off duty
14 I 'm off duty at five and staff supper is at seven .
15 I 'm off duty every third week .
16 ‘ Fortunately , I 'm off duty at two , ’ the doctor went on .
17 I 'm off duty tonight .
18 Things seem to crop up when I 'm off duty . ’
19 To be honest , I 'm off track and field .
20 then I 'm off Wednesday , Thursday so I 'm thinking of doing Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday no , Sunday , Monday , Tuesday
21 then I 'm off Wednesday
22 I 'm off Wednesday , then I have Thursday , work Thursday , then I 'm off Friday .
23 But unfortunately I was off school on March the twelfth so I missed the party and everything .
24 I was off watch , sleeping forward , as was Ron Gibbs , my watchmate .
25 The reason I am interested is that at that time I was off work for six months and I suspected I had the illness .
26 I was off Cley at the time , so I lowered the main and ran for home .
27 Maybe I was less fortunate than my colleagues in my experience of Heathrow , but even my landlady in Twickenham was a most severe character , as mean as mustard with food and I seemed to live in the expensive Airport restaurant even when I was off duty .
28 I was off duty , but on call .
29 I was off duty and Kate was alone , on night duty — ’ She seemed to be rambling , and Juliet wanted to prompt her , get her back to the subject .
30 Erm , may I make a comment on neighbourhood watch , I went to er a job the other day , it was a theatre , I was off duty and er I got tapped on the shoulder by my local neighbourhood watch co-ordinator who said , nine months ago I resigned , I wrote a letter to headquarters , I wrote a letter to the divisional commander , and I wrote a letter to the local constable , and nobody 's replied to me and they still keep sending me papers are you gon na get your act together , now I I have brought this up before , we never ever have let a neighbourhood watch scheme lapse , it 's nothing to do with you , this is all before you came
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