Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The distribution of frequencies in this ‘ microwave background ’ is just like the distribution of frequencies given off by a hot gas .
2 He would juggle them with his tongue for us children and told us a tale of getting his glasses whipped off by a passing branch .
3 The class had seen their friends carried off to a certain death .
4 Legend has it that the once-rounded peaks had their tops lopped off by a supernatural force to make a flat-topped bed and table for St Columba when he visited the island in AD585 .
5 There 's a school nearby and environmentalists are worried about the possible effects of fumes given off from the burning rubbish .
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