Example sentences of "[is] [verb] off in the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | City fans are still livid over the clash with Bull that led to skipper Steve Walsh 's sending off in the 3-0 defeat at Molineux three weeks ago . |
2 | They were guilty of lax marking as Scunthorpe took the lead from two crosses aimed without challenge , and weakened by Baker 's sending off in the 36th minute , a pathetic flourish of petulance . |
3 | Bruce Grobbelaar 's sending off in the last ten minutes in the Moscow first leg ultimately proved decisive . |
4 | Therefore , if a moth hears a bat approaching about 100 feet away , its best policy is to fly off in the other direction . |
5 | The pension is recently built , but is finished off in the traditional style . |