Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll send off for some stuff . |
| 2 | I 'll send off for it . |
| 3 | I , I er , looks like erm teaching eleven fifteen to one fifteen my lunch hour is say one fifteen to two fifteen and technically I can er have it , I could probably , I could be , take off Friday afternoon , it 's the only time I could take off for averaging |
| 4 | The dacha was owned by a doctor who , Vasili reasoned , would be able to snap Lena out of her trance ; then the two of them could set off for Tula on the banks of the River Don where they would lie low until , with time , the investigation wound down . |
| 5 | You could turn off for Abergavenny again . |
| 6 | It was as if she was n't married ; just as it had been before , going to bed in her pink and white room , setting off for the ‘ Craft Basket ’ at half-past eight in the morning , just as she used to set off for school , home by five thirty , tea , telly , and some needlework to keep herself occupied . |
| 7 | Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you . |
| 8 | This state of things must indeed seem strange to the young people of today who can fly off for a summer in Katmandu with scarcely a quiver of apprehension or pause for wonder . |
| 9 | If you missed the last two issues but want to enter the competition , you can send off for vouchers 1 and 2 . |
| 10 | If you do n't receive one , do n't forget — all you have to do is buy a selected Black & Decker power tool from one of the above-mentioned stores , and you can send off for one , too . |
| 11 | but it does n't go into it very thoroughly but erm you can send off for like an information pack . |
| 12 | But coming here has made me realize how much time has passed since , as a small boy , we used to set off for dinners and functions . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll show the two of you round the area , then we can stop off for lunch wherever takes our fancy . ’ |
| 14 | Superhero torch pens we can send off for now mm so . |
| 15 | And they 'd knock off for a bit of dinner , come back , and do the second milking . |
| 16 | And then as I say they can write off for a pack and they get examples which cost them . |
| 17 | Before he could head off for the dustbin , Elinor gripped his wrist firmly . |
| 18 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 19 | He would take off for days and no one would see him . |
| 20 | Pallister missed the European Championship because of back and foot injuries and Ferguson stressed : ‘ He has worked so hard this summer to get right for the season and I am sure it will pay off for him . ’ |