Example sentences of "[be] [verb] off at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can I be dropped off at the airport ? ’ she was glad to ask as the signs came up . |
| 2 | The Bank would require £5 to be written off at the time of sale and if the £5 was not injected as cash on day one , would even disallow the sale treatment . |
| 3 | The instructions warn that if the stove burns with a high yellow flame it should be turned off at the fuel valve and allowed to cool . |
| 4 | I was his assistant and when he wanted flowers he would send me to the Old Covent Garden at 4.30am to buy hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums which would then be sold off at the end of the day , thus serving a dual purpose as decoration and a means of recouping some of our costs . |
| 5 | Discarded socks can be cut off at the ankle bend to make a similar protective sleeve . |
| 6 | Altars were once more to be railed off at the east end of parish churches . |