Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb pp] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However I did get a bit cheesed off with the movie 's rather plodding pace . |
| 2 | I 'm just a bit pissed off with the way the wallpaper 's hanging ! |
| 3 | In the attempt to win society 's approval by a cultured ministry that had both sweetness and light , would Nonconformity produce a ministry cut off from the faithful ? |
| 4 | A ‘ You could finish with a chain cast off on the front , instead of backstitching through the open stitches as usual . |
| 5 | The spadefish swim faster in schools because of a slime given off by the swimming fish . |
| 6 | OMAGH TOWN had a man sent off for the third game in a row as they were outclassed at Shamrock Park . |
| 7 | It was relatively easy to do in the first years of the regime , with a war- and hunger-cowed populace , a subsistence-level economy , and a country cut off from the outside world . |
| 8 | As soon as they were over the bridge , a driveway cut off to the left and their way was barred by huge wrought-iron gates . |
| 9 | With their bare hands , they fought to save the man who had an ear ripped off in the attack . |