Example sentences of "[was/were] call off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute .
2 Both were reported to have agreed , but the talks were called off at the last minute .
3 However , mass meetings organized in Vietnam to condemn " counter-revolutionaries in Poland " were called off after the Polish government formally protested at Vietnam 's " interference " in Poland 's internal affairs .
4 A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election .
5 A press conference Mr Kaifu had scheduled for Wednesday evening to explain what the government had decided was called off at the last minute .
6 Sheringham , who cost £2 million from Millwall 12 months ago , was lined up for Spurs a fortnight ago but the deal was called off at the last minute .
7 The plan was called off at the last moment .
8 However , this too was called off at the last minute , apparently because of opposition outrage over a massacre at Mbuji-Mayi in central Zaire .
9 But the meeting was called off at the last minute and now Caldaire hopes to hold talks on Tuesday , February 25 .
10 The strike was called off on the following day .
11 The round was called off after the injured Andy Galvin was taken hospital .
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