Example sentences of "[be] [verb] off at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are to set off at first light tomorrow . |
| 2 | Some pests are large enough to be gathered and destroyed by hand : caterpillars can be picked off at any time , while slugs and snails around vulnerable plants are easily collected by torchlight on moist evenings . |
| 3 | it does n't , it does n't matter what barrelage you put through it but put , as long as we know that er , the fifteen thou it 's gon na be written off at thirty pound a barrel , so the sooner you , you do it , the sooner it 's written off . |
| 4 | Any information the client is interested in can be printed off at any stage during the search . |
| 5 | Hit lights should also be left off at this time , once again to minimize the difference between the air and water temperatures . |
| 6 | The challenge is to play either game against the timer , which can be switched off at any time if the child wants to check a word or letter |
| 7 | Though the current talk is about establishing multinational units and of creating a European rapid-deployment force that could be sent off at short notice to cope with unexpected contingencies , Europe 's armies have too many of the wrong sorts of forces , doing the wrong jobs . |
| 8 | The styling has been rounded off at each end and VW house-style rectangular headlights have been fitted . |
| 9 | As there was very little chance of her being got off at that season she was advertised for sale . |
| 10 | Yet again , a piece of the family silver is being sold off at rock-bottom price , at great — |
| 11 | Inside , the headmaster 's room is partitioned off at one end of the building . |
| 12 | I told him we were simply adapting the phrase from the social security regulations , where for years it has worked perfectly satisfactorily in deciding whether or not a worker should get benefit if he is laid off at another workplace from the one where a dispute is taking place . |
| 13 | She was pissed off at missing Triste at the bar , but there would be other jobs . |