Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] off by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the theories about the abandoned ship Marie Celeste is that the crew were plucked off by a hungry kraken . |
| 2 | Two years ago , she and John Orbell , archivist of Baring Brothers and chairman of the Council 's Liquidations and Rescue Support Group , were tipped off by a friendly Extel employee about the news agency 's imminent takeover by United Newspapers . |
| 3 | Men who were turned on by a pretty face were turned off by an absolute show of disdain — and if double meanings were n't her strength , turning a cold shoulder was . |
| 4 | Her splendidly white skin and fine neck were shown off by a square décolletage , messy swathes of lace tied over her bosom by what seemed a white shoe-lace . |
| 5 | A fire broke out in her ammunition hold and the crew were taken off by an attendant destroyer . |
| 6 | This ‘ S ’ Party was scattered by a Japanese attack but regrouped before February , when they were taken off by an American submarine . |
| 7 | Conceivably such gains were tailing off by the late sixties . |
| 8 | It is also possible that many advertisers were put off by the political tone . |
| 9 | The last time a defending champion lost as early as the second round of the US Open was in 1989 when Mats Wilander was picked off by a young Pete Sampras . |
| 10 | This was sparked off by a federal Collective State Presidency order on Jan. 9 , apparently aimed principally at republican-controlled forces in Slovenia and Croatia , which required that all " unauthorized " armed units should surrender their arms within 10 days to the JNA . |
| 11 | Amidst declining opportunities for casual work , the unrest was sparked off by a local government decision to end an emergency aid programme . |
| 12 | Sophia herself was wearing a green jersey suit and a small hat , but she felt that she did not look so absolutely right as Ianthe , whose plain blue woollen dress was set off by a feather-trimmed hat which had just the right touch of slightly dowdy elegance — if there could be such a thing . |
| 13 | The whole collection was set off by the saxe-blue Jacobean embroidery thrown over the shelves on which the pieces were carefully arranged . |
| 14 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |
| 15 | One version is that the route was cut off by the rising tide ; the Welsh swooped , and drove the English into the sea . |
| 16 | His knock-down was finished off by a crisp strike from the centre-forward . |
| 17 | Nigel leafed through a few large-print Agatha Christies but was put off by the noxious inexplicable stains on the pages . |