Example sentences of "off for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I remember is that at one point he walked along with one foot on the kerb and the other in the gutter and was told off for limping . |
| 2 | His manner is the epitome of Ivy League rectitude : one of Boyd 's friends told me that the producer once ticked him off for breaching etiquette on opening a car door for a lady . |
| 3 | ‘ When Vinnie swore the other day in the Blackburn game he became the first player to be sent off for swearing at a fellow professional . |
| 4 | MIKE Small was branded ‘ stupid ’ by furious boss Billy Bonds after being sent off for swearing at a linesman at Oakwell yesterday . |
| 5 | The youngster 's display was the only plus in a 2–1 defeat ; Ellison missed a penalty when the scores were level , and Mitch Cook was sent off for swearing at a linesman ironically Pickering scored his first goal for the club when Quakers were down to ten men . |
| 6 | In 1579 court-messengers were condemned in Star Chamber to have their ears lopped off for stealing £3,000 from the Crown in seven years . |
| 7 | — their terror of having a foot chopped off for stealing ( some of them have been stealing ) |
| 8 | He opted for a job as an arc metalworker for a firm that allowed him plenty of time off for competing in meetings and , as he was an international , he travelled overseas often . |
| 9 | ‘ Then , having declared undying worship of the poor girl , you proceeded to slag her off for taking up with Lewis . ’ |
| 10 | THEY take the lead with a fine goal , concede two sloppy ones , and then the captain gets sent off for throwing a punch not even redeemed by the infliction of injury . |
| 11 | Hull were reduced to 12 men on the hour when Mark Jones was sent off for throwing a punch at Gary Tees . |
| 12 | ‘ He was sent off for thumping me , then I broke his jaw . ’ |
| 13 | Notts had Agana sent off for using bad language but they came closest to winning … that man Paul Reece did the business again with the save of the game … |
| 14 | That was until United goalkeeper Debbie Phillips was sent off for using foul and abusive language , and replaced by impressive stand-in , woman of the match Kate Wells . |
| 15 | ‘ Time and again , they said things like : ‘ I ca n't tell my Mum because she would n't believe me ’ or ‘ I told another teacher but I just got told off for telling lies ’ . |
| 16 | Substitute Dean Gordon gave Comrades a tonic when he scored within a minute of coming on at the start of the second half , but David Montgomery got Carrick 's third two minutes from the end , with Wesley Hanna being sent off for protesting just a little too vociferously . |
| 17 | Substitute Dean Gordon gave Comrades a tonic when he scored within a minute of coming on at the start of the second half , but David Montgomery got Carrick 's third two minutes from the end , with Wesley Hanna sent off for protesting . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the DWA , with its very high marginal tax rates — as high as 94 per cent. , leaving disabled people with only 6p in the pound of their additional income as workers — simply substitutes a new poverty trap for the employment trap , making some disabled people actually worse off for earning more ? |
| 20 | I used to tell him off for riding a bike without a light — summonsed him in the end and he was fined about ten bob . |
| 21 | The soccer player got sent off for kissing his opponent on his head . |
| 22 | Eating sand rice and stone peas , drinking small quantities of an unknown sticky orange substance , stopping off for re-fuelling at most airports in the world , taking crazed detours to Nowhereland through Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , Iran , Saudi Arabia , what seemed like Iceland and what definitely was Cuba , herded off the plane every few hours to sit in concrete bunkers while men with machine guns handed out the sticky orange , with the true feeling gnawing into your dead-from-the-nerves-down brain that you would n't make Bangkok until the New Year , if at all . |
| 23 | On the same day , Gloucester stole a march by beating the champions , Bath , at Kingsholm in a fierce encounter during which another England prop , Bath 's Gareth Chilcott , was sent off for punching . |
| 24 | Gareth Chilcott — popularised as the Oddjob of English rugby during the first World Cup in Australia in 1987 , but affectionately referred to as ‘ Coochie ’ in these parts — was sent off for punching , and 14 men of Bath succumbed to Gloucester 's 15 . |
| 25 | Richmond coach , Kevin Boroevich , will have to eat some humble pie at training after being sent off for punching in the 21–15 win in a friendly against Fylde . |
| 26 | Jones already faces the RL disciplinary committee tomorrow night , as he was later sent off for punching Gary Tees . |
| 27 | He took on a starring role in the Plough Lane Crazy Gang production and gained more notoriety when he was sent off for elbowing a village postman in a pre-season friendly on the Isle of Wight . |
| 28 | Goals from Gavin Peacock and David Kelly maintained Newcastle 's 100 per cent start , while Hammers skipper Julian Dicks was sent off for elbowing Franz Carr in the 74th minute . |
| 29 | I excused myself but was ticked off for trying to slim . |
| 30 | Nicky Mohan will miss the opening game of the Premier League after being sent off at Molineux after being sent off for trying to break up a fight ! |