Example sentences of "[be] call off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the rebels , after a planned night attack had been called off at the last minute , had gone off into Inverness in search of food or were sleeping exhausted , unwilling to be roused , when news arrived of Cumberland 's approach . |
| 2 | A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ . |
| 3 | Seven meetings have been called off in the last two days , including all three of yesterday 's cards plus three scheduled for today at Carlisle , Taunton and Warwick . |
| 4 | He 's still probably sweating a little because he 's waiting to be called off at the next motorway junction . |
| 5 | Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute . |
| 6 | Both were reported to have agreed , but the talks were called off at the last minute . |
| 7 | However , mass meetings organized in Vietnam to condemn " counter-revolutionaries in Poland " were called off after the Polish government formally protested at Vietnam 's " interference " in Poland 's internal affairs . |
| 8 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 9 | A press conference Mr Kaifu had scheduled for Wednesday evening to explain what the government had decided was called off at the last minute . |
| 10 | Sheringham , who cost £2 million from Millwall 12 months ago , was lined up for Spurs a fortnight ago but the deal was called off at the last minute . |
| 11 | The plan was called off at the last moment . |
| 12 | However , this too was called off at the last minute , apparently because of opposition outrage over a massacre at Mbuji-Mayi in central Zaire . |
| 13 | But the meeting was called off at the last minute and now Caldaire hopes to hold talks on Tuesday , February 25 . |
| 14 | The strike was called off on the following day . |
| 15 | The round was called off after the injured Andy Galvin was taken hospital . |