Example sentences of "[verb] off for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver 's home was en route so we stopped off for mint tea there . |
| 2 | Vast areas of Rum have been fenced off for century-long experiment to re-create the natural woodland environment . |
| 3 | the number of consumers cut off for non-payment rose to 21.286 in 1991/92 — an increase of 177% from the previous year . |
| 4 | 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 Potosí , at that time the wealthiest city in South America . |
| 5 | Enfolded in the crisp embrace of new money , they were pointed and hard , like the nose cones of rockets about to blast off for planetary exploration , the nurturing of new worlds . |
| 6 | He joined a roll of dishonour which includes Paul Stewart , sent off for violent conduct against Apollon Limassol in Cyprus , and Bruce Grobbelaar , shown a red card in the second round first leg in Moscow . |
| 7 | The day 's individual performance came striker Gary MacDonald , who scored all four of his side 's goals in their 4–1 home win Blue Mark Outterside gave Blue Star the lead after six minutes , but the visitors then had Micky Robinson sent off for dangerous play . |
| 8 | She would have been locked up in a mental hospital , or alternatively taken off for parapsychological testing and Rachel would have been unforgiving . |
| 9 | Anyway when the time came to , to , to stop off for short time everybody had had their turn except the union president and myself and he came to me this foreman and he said er , now John I do n't want you to think what happened between me and you will make any difference about being sent back for . |
| 10 | ‘ Please do n't bother , ’ he said nervously , envisaging himself carried off for criminal libel . |
| 11 | His nose was broken in two places by a player he had sent off for violent play . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Midfielder Willie Falconer is lined up to deputise for Phillips , who was sent off for violent conduct against Southend United . |
| 14 | The match turned ugly in the dying minutes when two-goal Tosh of Arbroath and Fife goalkeeper Charles were sent off for violent conduct . |
| 15 | That set the fur flying and even United coach Geoff Konopka was also sent off for serious misconduct . |
| 16 | Rovers Defender , Dave Higgins punched the ball out ; he was sent off for deliberate hand ball as Jim Magilton slammed home United 's second . |
| 17 | Leaving Colonel Doughty-Wylie in charge of the Legation , he set off for Dire Dawa by caravan on 4 May and arrived in England on 15 June . |
| 18 | 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 . |