Example sentences of "be [vb pp] off for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vast areas of Rum have been fenced off for century-long experiment to re-create the natural woodland environment . |
| 2 | Mining and the condition of miners has been a running sore in Bolivia since the colonial period when Indians were herded off for certain death in the silver mines of Potosà , at that time the wealthiest city in South America . |
| 3 | Occasionally they were cut off for other reasons . |
| 4 | The match turned ugly in the dying minutes when two-goal Tosh of Arbroath and Fife goalkeeper Charles were sent off for violent conduct . |
| 5 | In the few authorities where waste goes to modern landfills and methane is piped off for positive use , there is some energy payback , but there must be more incentive to separate the 40 per cent of the domestic waste that is vegetable-derived , and recycle it as compost . |
| 6 | In each building , one end was partitioned off for single girls , the other end for single men , and the middle section was for families . |
| 7 | THE FA have suspended Middlesbrough full back Jimmy Phillips for three matches after he was sent off for violent conduct in an off-the-ball incident against Southend last Saturday . |
| 8 | Midfielder Willie Falconer is lined up to deputise for Phillips , who was sent off for violent conduct against Southend United . |
| 9 | Rovers Defender , Dave Higgins punched the ball out ; he was sent off for deliberate hand ball as Jim Magilton slammed home United 's second . |