Example sentences of "[verb] off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The surpising thing is not that this is happening now , but rather that it was staved off for so long . |
| 2 | Had the recession been staved off for longer , support for the Scottish Nationalists — now at 31 p.c. in the polls and only seven points behind Labour — might not have been as strong . |
| 3 | But the full force of the poison was staved off for a while . |
| 4 | Far from trooping off for ‘ milk round ’ interviews , he is contemplating postgraduate studies . |
| 5 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 6 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 7 | Hurry off for the bran . |
| 8 | The couple fly off for what appears to be an ideal honeymoon in the Mediterranean . |
| 9 | So , as the couple fly off for another holiday in Richard 's private jet , they can be happy in the knowledge that in the unlikely event that Richard should ever loose his millions , they 'll be able to live on love . |
| 10 | Coyne will be fully recovered by the time The Godfathers head off for European and American dates by the end of the month , but the British dates can not be rescheduled until early autumn . |
| 11 | ‘ Embarking on a musical journey , we head off for say , a dinosaur forest . |
| 12 | There 's a rigourous routine of hard practice before the party from the Dragon School in Oxford head off for the African continent . |
| 13 | PLACE your bets with Bugsy — and you could be jetting off for a week in Las Vegas the gambling capital of the world . |
| 14 | SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale completed two key close season signings before jetting off for a week 's break in Greece yesterday . |
| 15 | well let it dry off for a minute , well they must have a card , good job I thought about that I should be interested to see what she calls her because I think Annalise is a beautiful name |
| 16 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
| 17 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 18 | We headed off for the north-east facing slopes of La Masse , hoping to find the best snow . |
| 19 | As on previous years , the start of the event which has come to be known simply as ‘ the ARC ’ was emotional : 121 boats ranging in size from 30ft to 75ft. ( 9 to 23m ) headed off for a transatlantic crossing to St Lucia in the Caribbean . |
| 20 | ‘ Better hurry , or they 'll soon be knocking off for lunch . ’ |
| 21 | The length of the cable then rests on the staples and can always be lifted off for painting and cleaning . |
| 22 | Instead , preceding even the title page is the injunction ‘ Immediately after buying this book , send off for the eight mail order catalogues listed on p.357 ’ . |
| 23 | Again , send off for the school prospectus and find out the school 's aims and objectives . |
| 24 | Send off for the copies you missed and complete your collection of Britain 's newest , brightest gardening magazine . |
| 25 | Send off for it anyway ! |
| 26 | To subscribe to ELT Journal , simply fill in the form on the back of this leaflet and send it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 27 | Make sure that you receive all four issues of the 1993 volume by filling out the form on the back of this leaflet and sending it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf , or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 28 | send off for it . |
| 29 | send off for it . |
| 30 | FITTING SEND OFF FOR FOREMAN RONNIE |