Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] off [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And he signs himself off from systematic criticism .
2 In the film Hospital George C. Scott plays the administrator attempting to impose some order on the chaos of misadventure , accidents , and disasters passing themselves off as medical care .
3 ( Catatonics typically do not speak or appear to listen or take necessary initiatives ; they cut themselves off from human contact . )
4 A recent demonstration of the 3M Computer Aided Retrieval system , which uses microfilm cartridges linked to a computer-generated indexing system , has suggested a cost-effective way forward here , which does not cut itself off from future DIP systems .
5 However many problems there may be , there is a natural human instinct to form relationships all through our lives , although occasionally one will find a recluse — someone who has deliberately cut himself off from human contact .
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