Example sentences of "be off " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if now I know it will soon be off my hands time has started to move forward again . |
| 2 | Another senior personnel manager said : ‘ It would not be a moral judgment , but we have to consider the practicalities of appointing someone who could be off work for long periods . ’ |
| 3 | A dose of flu means you could be off work for at least a week . |
| 4 | When that was done , he would be off fishing , thigh deep in the River Dee for hours on end , or shooting . |
| 5 | He must be off his … he must be joking ! ’ |
| 6 | On March 25th it met President F.W. de Klerk , who promised that racially discriminatory laws would be off the statute book by the end of June . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be off home , then , ’ said Philip . |
| 8 | ‘ Caspar and me 'll be off home , then , ’ said Lee . |
| 9 | He was already struck off the circulation list and would soon be off the payroll . |
| 10 | Unfazed by the fact that we may be off making a cuppa when his big moment hits the screens , Des has set his sights on playing James Bond in Goldblender , perhaps ? |
| 11 | Second day of four : Essex ( 8–1 ) trail England A ( 456–7 dec ) by 448 runs IT was the kind of dank , dismal day when opening batsmen were happier to be off the field than on it . |
| 12 | The pavement-quality concrete apron allows cargo to be off loaded directly to the terminal , thus enabling operational speed . |
| 13 | And if you bring the children , they 'll be off enjoying fun and games with the other youngsters at the Pirates Club . |
| 14 | About 60 per cent of my mileage in the UK will be off road and I will be towing a military style half ton trailer . |
| 15 | Stuart Baxter must be off his trolley , sending someone like that . |
| 16 | Sadly , Stirling gave orders for much of the equipment to be off loaded and sent back to Kabrit . |
| 17 | The map showed Reggane to be off the main piste . |
| 18 | Those two girls will soon be off his hands . |
| 19 | So she says Michael and I will be off the six fifteen at Central on the twenty third . |
| 20 | So , if you are not aware of your environment and purposeful in your movements you may be off balance ; this will cause many of your muscles needlessly to work harder . |
| 21 | A dose of flu means you could be off work for at least a week . |
| 22 | For instance , a man may expect to have Saturdays to be off fishing with his mates . |
| 23 | The only person not wholly in sympathy with this plan was the bartender who complained that I was supposed to be off duty and that the passengers should come to the bar to buy the drinks themselves ; I was syphoning off his tips . |
| 24 | Each half was to operate for half of each day , allowing 50% of the pilots to be off duty at any one time . |
| 25 | According to Standard Life 's marketing manager Bruce Wallace , less than 18% of the UK 's working population has arranged any form of income protection , although one in five people are likely to be off work for more than three months during their working life . |
| 26 | ‘ Once he 's been picked up , ’ Bodie said , ‘ I 'll be off duty until the morning . |
| 27 | Mr Patten will be off tennis for another couple of weeks . |
| 28 | New Zealander Chisholm has is expected to be off work for two weeks . |
| 29 | It read : ‘ Should be off my case and home in six days . |
| 30 | There are two reasons for this : it would take far too long for the calves to reach working age , and their mothers would be off work while rearing very young calves . |