Example sentences of "off [conj] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe he 'd already unearthed what was left , and it was too late just to warn him off and hope for the best . |
| 2 | Instead of waiting a matter of seconds for the lights to change , the hapless riders either remain in the saddle , take a chance when they see a gap in the traffic , or get off and wait for the green man . |
| 3 | and finally they 're off and running for the point to point season tomorrow … 266 horses will be racing in the South Midland meeting near Chopping Norton … first race is at 11 |
| 4 | Garrison Savanah has a few tales to tell … he won the big race at Cheltenham 3 years ago and tomorrow the Gloucestershire favourite will be off and running for the big prize at Newbury |
| 5 | So the dream becomes a symbolic expression of this conflict and what very often happens is the there 's a kind of compromise in which you go off and look for the bathroom or the drink of water or whatever it is you want , but the dream keeps postponing you finding it , in order to lengthen the dream and the state of sleep , so you go on sleeping for a bit longer . |