Example sentences of "was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making lunch for Lucy and Francis , giving her lifts here and there when her car was off the road , calling her just to see how she was , ordering her home when she looked exhausted , plying her with remedies if she had a cold , rubbing her back if she was tense . |
| 2 | COPIOUS helpings of greens were available but Nescafe was off the menu on Wednesday at the first Caroline Walker awards ceremony , in memory of the campaigning nutritionist who died aged 38 last year . |
| 3 | Tolkien 's contention was that something he called ‘ the ulsterior motive ’ — the bogey of Lewis 's Ulster background — lurked beneath the surface of his imagination , and rose when he was off his guard to make him brutal in manners , crude or illogical in thought . |
| 4 | The notice was off Frank 's door by the time he was able to move about again and the door itself was open . |
| 5 | His brother , the only member of the family to escape death , was off fetching materials but returned while we talked . |
| 6 | After Mironov and Chapman had twice exchanged penalties in the first half , Chapman 's smart 30-yard dropped goal five minutes after the break put Cornwall ahead for the first time while Mishakov was off the field with a shoulder injury . |
| 7 | He got big , so the legend goes , while good King Richard I was off crusading , leaving King John ( not a good man ) and the villainous Sheriff to take care of business . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought he was off drugs ? ’ |
| 9 | Suddenly the pressure was off Mr Kaifu to take back the tainted men . |
| 10 | Jane was no great cook , and did n't even enjoy it , but she had brought up a family of four , so quickly got her bearings in the kitchen , which was off the main circular room . |
| 11 | He was off school quite often with headaches . |
| 12 | The door in the back end of the tractor-shed was off this . |
| 13 | He was off duty , I was told . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought he was off duty . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They caught me when I was off my mark , ’ she says . |
| 16 | Then Clare was off school sick with flu . |
| 17 | Hodges cut in from the right and crossed for Bryson , and though he was off balance , he looped a header over Southall . |
| 18 | Keown , an important part of Everton 's defence , was off the field for treatment to an eye injury when Gayle 's long ball enabled the veteran Cork to score his first goal for United since his move from Wimbledon . |
| 19 | He was off work for nine days . |
| 20 | We kept awake with cups of cocoa , which was off the ration . |
| 21 | Letting Gomez loose , Trent heaved a loop of his neck rope in and tied it to the fishing-line , leaving enough slack so that the strain was off Gomez 's legs . |
| 22 | One big plus was that Rachel was off enjoying herself and we were close at hand . |
| 23 | As 50 per cent of the mileage was off road , I am rather disgusted . |
| 24 | Thomas Hewett was off duty and having a quiet glass of stout and a chinwag on his front doorstep . |
| 25 | When this system was used the clipping and storing of the fleeces were completed while the sun was off the yard . |
| 26 | Come holiday time , Stanley closed the school and was off north quicker than you could say algebra . |
| 27 | Nails looked so strange she thought he was off his rocker . |
| 28 | On the night of 22nd June 1957 , the fishing vessel Venus star from Portsoy , Banffshire , Scotland , was off Loch Ewe when a fire broke out in the engine-room . |
| 29 | In any event , Heinz was off work for two months before embarking on a steady descent of menial jobs , ending up as a kitchen cleaner . |
| 30 | Pendero was off the day I was riding him , that 's what matters . |