Example sentences of "[vb pp] off for [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Volkov had been written off for the last five years .
2 We can presume that the novelty of the Society had worn off for the capricious upper classes .
3 East Berlin remained virtually sealed off for the fourth successive day yesterday , but in Poland a further 300 East Germans took refuge with the West German embassy in Warsaw .
4 A lower setting gives slight orbital movement for harder materials , while the third setting allows the orbital action to be switched off for a straight reciprocating movement for filing or rasping , or fine cutting in hard materials .
5 Then Gannon struck in the 81st minute and added the third with a penalty after Exeter 's Kevin Miller was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 89th minute .
6 Alan McDonald was sent off for a second bookable offence as Queens Park Rangers lost 2–1 to Tottenham .
7 Earlier , with just seconds remaining of normal time , Mark Hughes had been sent off for a second bookable offence and his team mates then produced a magnificent display of courageous football to keep themselves in this tie .
8 Middlesbrough fans feared the worst when central defender Nicky Mohan was sent off for a second bookable offence .
9 Clarke was the luckiest player on earth not to be sent off for the clearest professional foul imaginable on Strachan after 69 minutes .
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