Example sentences of "[being] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | We felt we were halfway back to civilian life , being off the camp and in the middle of an interesting town . |
| 2 | After being off work ( I worked as a driving instructor and sitting was the worst position to be in ) for six weeks the pain was no better , if anything it was worse . |
| 3 | ‘ He was the best horse I 've trained and was only just getting going again after being off the track for nearly a year . ’ |
| 4 | Laburnum , just beaten at the last Kempton meeting after being off the course since April , was the big weekend gamble yesterday . |
| 5 | Being off duty I was forbidden near Marcus in or out of uniform . |
| 6 | Initially conceived to capitalise on Time Out being off the streets , it was clearly a mistake to sit back and allow Time Out to return first . |
| 7 | Certainly her being off the scene was handy for Steenie . |
| 8 | Wilko spoke a lot about the ‘ monkey being off our backs now — people will have to start thinking about something else to say … ’ . |
| 9 | But again , there must be a loss of income , because again , there 's the rule , that you ca n't be better off by being off work sick . |
| 10 | Okay , so they 've other P H I benefit , that must come off of the equation , because we , otherwise we 'll be paying it as well as another insurance company , which mean he 'll be better off financially , by being off work sick , yes . |
| 11 | The close season has seen perhaps less than normal player ‘ wheeler-dealing ’ between the top clubs , with the single most significant appointment being off the field . |
| 12 | The close season has seen perhaps less than normal player ‘ wheeler-dealing ’ between the top clubs , with the single most significant appointment being off the field . |
| 13 | You now have to get , in er er , because there was a sort of erm gradation from being off ill , which was n't familiar , to being off long term sick which you ca n't have any experience of to erm early retirement on health grounds and you just ca n't have any experience of that either erm to being retired and it 's , i i it 's , it 's quite interesting |
| 14 | He 's not as All the programmes are changed this morning , the youngsters being off school and so instead of the news it 's all these youngster 's programmes . |