Example sentences of "off [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you mean because it 's your day off , there are no days off during this case unless I decide I can spare you . ’ |
| 2 | Keep the lights off during this process and until the next day . |
| 3 | The rate of flow of gas blowing off through these vents is often surprisingly fast . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've had a few guilty twinges about ticking you off about those steps . |
| 5 | Things like how not to mouth off about any ideas you might have . |
| 6 | The suicide theory wo n't occur to her and her common sense would tell her it 's unlikely to be written off as another accident . |
| 7 | In fact , during pregnancy , she becomes able to ingest and utilise more of the necessary substance than is required by the child alone so that by the end of pregnancy she will be better off for such substances as nitrogen , calcium etc. than she was at the beginning . |
| 8 | ‘ Thursday : More ‘ set discussions ’ ; I 'm dragging a chair on and off for each sketch : ‘ Re:Pickfords ’ , I mentally mutter . |
| 9 | Told her definitely off for this year . |
| 10 | We had a month , thought Jay , I 've worked my ass off for this exhibition and you 've done nothing . |
| 11 | England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us . |
| 12 | Tony 's back now so we 're off for some gnocchi . |
| 13 | Kathleen and I went off for some lunch and we then went to have a look at the castle . |
| 14 | Manager Graham Taylor was expecting Shearer to be laid off for some while , but the extent of the injury will be worrying for all concerned . |
| 15 | I 'll send off for some stuff . |
| 16 | No , erm , she sent off for some curtains |
| 17 | Should a main branch be broken off for some reason ( by vineyard machinery , for example ) , it is permissible to bring out a shoot half-way along the next branch to fill the gap . |
| 18 | The sergeant looked at her closely , obviously wondering if she planned to run off for some reason . |
| 19 | This letter has taken me ages , i 'm off for some food . |
| 20 | In February the Japanese made a great effort to surround a British and Indian force in Arakan , but the result was a resounding victory for our men , who had indeed been cut off for some days , but supplied by air . |
| 21 | ‘ Having studied these on and off for some days , what is your opinion ? ’ |
| 22 | Feeling the pinch : chief executive Jane Tozer ( left ) and marketing manager Jill Warren ( right ) expect potential clients to hold off for some time . |
| 23 | I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity . |
| 24 | So , I mean what I would suggest is er I do n't know is John anticipated to be off for some time do you think ? |
| 25 | However , before getting too carried away and concluding that detailed activity-based accounting may soon be outdated , and replaced by more simple machine-time analyses , it must be remembered that the extremes of CIM are still a long way off for most industries . |
| 26 | Remember you must check in at least 1 hour 30 minutes before take off for most flights . |
| 27 | In fact they were off for most trials . |
| 28 | Worst hit were the Devon seaside towns of Sidmouth and Exmouth , which were cut off for several hours on Wednesday . |
| 29 | It can also spread to the neck , arm or jaw and does n't usually ease off for several hours . |
| 30 | The centre of Milton Keynes was sealed off for several hours after a coded telephone message warned of a bomb in the town 's main shopping centre . |