Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , the only way out of his troubles would be to confess to someone that he was passing himself off as a Muslim for the purposes of financial gain . |
| 2 | Then , making their apologies to the professor and his wife , he was whisking her off towards the dance-floor . |
| 3 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 4 | Hauser thought the only way to keep his top men on their toes was to play one off against the other : to hint now and again someone else was after ; their job . |
| 5 | ‘ I found out , by chance , that the girl I was in love with and hoping to marry was having it off with a colleague . |
| 6 | Now if you 'd got grudge against the bloke who was taking it off in the shop , in the farmyard , after when you got back home , of course you had to come I mean they did n't stick it in the field , like they do now . |