Example sentences of "be [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | But without that pride the Spaniard would not be Spanish , as Harvey writes : ‘ It is profoundly to be hoped that he will never allow these sharp angles to be smoothed off by the modern cult of ‘ all things to all men' ’ , and a false catholicity of taste which is no taste at all . |
| 2 | Concrete absorbs next to no water , and soft mortar takes too long to stiffen before it can be smoothed off and marked with a light cross-hatch key . |
| 3 | If others offer us alarm calls without their having been previously ordered , they usually feel like an intrusion and a criticism , and will be fended off . |
| 4 | Fig. 1 ( h ) As the pool fills , the stones should be eased off at intervals to allow the liner to fit snugly into the contours of the excavation . |
| 5 | The moisture in the gel will be given off during the day and reabsorbed at night . |
| 6 | ( For example , the electric repulsive force between two electrons is due to the exchange of virtual photons , which can never be directly detected ; but if one electron moves past another , real photons may be given off , which we detect as light waves . ) |
| 7 | The tail , when bitten , may then be broken off at a weak spot near the base , where there is a slight constriction . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It must be understood that engagement in those days was a very serious matter which involved a written contract of intent to marry and needed legal consent if the engagement was to be broken off . |
| 10 | Many of us believe that diplomatic relations with Iran should be broken off . |
| 11 | With a well placed hole a considerable quantity of rock could be broken off ; all that was necessary was to have a free face to work from . |
| 12 | Cleaning is carried out with hot detergent solution during which the coating is dissolved enabling the soil to be floated off . |
| 13 | Walkinshaw happened to mention that his motor group TWR Ltd were working on a deal with a retail garage business to form a company which would be floated off within five years . |
| 14 | That proposal has a number of different themes to it ; briefly , Channel Four would be floated off from the IBA and would then be franchised as any other ITV company . |
| 15 | Unlike earlier pop stars , they have been careful not to be ripped off — they have a hand in the business side , share production , invest their earnings wisely . |
| 16 | Buying a second-hand board is rather like the second-hand car or computer market in that there are plenty of bargains but unless you are careful you can be ripped off . |
| 17 | Well I started when my children were quite young , and taught them that er advertisements on television were just an invitation to be ripped off . |
| 18 | Aboard the carriers were forty-eight Hurricanes and six Fulmars to be flown off , although on this occasion not all the fighters were for Malta . |
| 19 | To facilitate the mass launch , most of Wasp 's Wildcats had to be flown off to loiter overhead . |
| 20 | Up until the eve of the First World War resistance and insurrection , although limited , had persisted particularly in the wild hill country of the Sino-Vietnamese border and when the war began in 1914 and the reserves of power available to France , both French and Vietnamese , began to be drained off there was at least a local opportunity for revived resistance . |
| 21 | First , all juices and liquid which come from fish or meat to be potted , whether especially cooked for the purpose or whether left-over from a joint , must be drained off before the food is pounded or packed up for potting . |
| 22 | As oil floats on water , this allowed the water to be drained off while keeping the roofs afloat on the crude . |
| 23 | Chemically softened layers can be stripped off , sometimes , like wall paper , by this means . |
| 24 | Before we can begin to lay the new thatch the old roof has to be stripped off back to a firm base . |
| 25 | If you have a house with an uninsulated flat roof , it can be an expensive operation to insulate , as the roofing material needs to be stripped off and several layers of insulation put underneath before re-felting . |
| 26 | The request serial number should also be checked off against the records in the control book , and logged as completed . |
| 27 | They tend to be regarded as lists against which particular accountability schemes need only to be checked off . |
| 28 | The insidious madness of Bruno ( who wants to ‘ swap murders ’ with an innocent tennis pro ) sneaks up on us slyly , and will not be shaken off . |
| 29 | But I wo n't be shaken off . |
| 30 | Melissa was not given to premonition but the fear that something had happened to Sybil had taken hold and would not be shaken off . |