Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb pp] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , at the end of the Second World War , France was liberated , those who had collaborated excessively with the Germans often had their hair cut off by the French Resistance . |
| 2 | She turned , arms flailing , head back , eyes open — but the gaping mouth would utter no more prophecies , her breath cut off by the red garrotte cord round her scrawny neck . |
| 3 | I keep coming across internal memoranda about which offices are to have their heating turned off during the morning and which during the afternoon . |
| 4 | Wide-eyed , Robbie backed away , but found her retreat cut off by the worktop . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't care for the notion that Paul Gray had his head cut off in the Cathedral . |
| 6 | Beating off an ambush by ‘ eighty infidels on foot ’ , he and his train headed off on the last stage of his journey through the burning plains of the Punjab towards the mighty Indian capital and the palace of the Sultan . |
| 7 | One man had his ear sliced off in the fight and another was arrested , but later released . |
| 8 | A TEENAGER had his arm ripped off at the shoulder by a cement mixer yesterday . |
| 9 | So our hero stumped off down the yard and came across 4913 . |