Example sentences of "off be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not far off am I ? |
| 2 | I remember the awe with which I realised — suddenly , while pushing the bike up the bog road — that I now had no excuses for putting off being happy ; there was no one left to blame . |
| 3 | ‘ I REMEMBER THE AWE WITH WHICH I REALISED — SUDDENLY , WHILE PUSHING THE BIKE UP THE BOG ROAD — THAT I NOW HAD NO EXCUSES FOR PUTTING OFF BEING HAPPY ; THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO BLAME ’ |
| 4 | Despite those defeats his form was of the highest order , and he was favourite for the International , his odds of 19–10 at the off being slightly shorter than those of the American horse Czar Alexander . |
| 5 | Company car drivers used to beg off being given a diesel by protesting that it was just too sluggish for business use . |
| 6 | Erm er I think they 're probably and and they 're putting more effort into getting the unemployed off being unemployed off being unemployed into course are n't they so probably the they may have improved things but anyway the basic erm idea of it was that you borrow money er you borrow erm money to finance a course which is going to get you a job . |
| 7 | Erm er I think they 're probably and and they 're putting more effort into getting the unemployed off being unemployed off being unemployed into course are n't they so probably the they may have improved things but anyway the basic erm idea of it was that you borrow money er you borrow erm money to finance a course which is going to get you a job . |
| 8 | and shrugged off being labelled daft or deaf , |
| 9 | You 've certainly got me interested , and the shipping accounts may take my mind off being cross with you . |
| 10 | RECONSTRUCTING a lifeboat rescue is not far off being as difficult as the rescue itself . |
| 11 | But in one of theirs Labour accused him off being about to ‘ tow the party line ’ . |
| 12 | In at least one pub ( and if there is one , there will be more ) 4p has been added to the cost of what can not be far off being a 0.57 litre please landlord . |
| 13 | so that 's English , and I 've got ta get , er he reckons he 'll get a B grade for the er lit , but I was so cheesed off with that erm piece I got today , thirty five and thirty five , one mark off being er an A , he put at the bottom aargh , if only you 'd seen the lousy ending , cos he said if I 'd got the , an extra couple of sentences it er would of been forty eight , forty , so that 's , so annoying , but I 've now got ta write an informal letter , I do n't know how that comes under informal letter |
| 14 | Having a Saturday off is also important because mid-way through filming Kara and her band , the Killycoogan Accordion Band , head to Scarborough to defend their UK titles . |
| 15 | I 've got to be careful off is use nine because sixty nine tend to go together do n't they ? |
| 16 | The food 's not far off is it ? |