Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] off in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cars were written off in the accident , but both drivers amazingly walked away with just minor cuts and bruises . |
| 2 | As between the two heavyweights , Reed and Pearson , Reed has been added to at the start of the period ( financed from the sale of Pearson shares ) ; the additional Reed shares were sold off in the autumn of 1991 , thereby realising a tidy profit for the Portfolio . |
| 3 | Fireworks were going off in the city , in advance of Halloween . |
| 4 | However , 10,000 people were laid off in the process , including many of the 650 who worked at Unisys 's factory in Livingstone , Scotland . |
| 5 | Dozens of slates from their roofs were blown off in the blast . |
| 6 | The second half exploded when Middlesbrough full back Jimmy Phillips and Southend goalkeeper Paul Sansome were sent off in the space of seven minutes . |
| 7 | It was hell for McColgan as she was picked off in the run-in for a consolation bronze . |
| 8 | so it was written off in the end . |
| 9 | He was later seen getting into a silver metallic car which was driven off in the direction of Cheyney Road . |
| 10 | Distillery boss Billy Hamilton fears the worst after Heath was assisted off in the second-half with a torn calf muscle . |
| 11 | Cardiff will be without their international hooker Ian Watkins , who was sent off in the game with Pontypridd on Boxing Day , and also the Lions three-quarter Mike Hall whose former club Bridgend have not yet granted him a transfer . |