Example sentences of "was [verb] off in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the family seat was sold off in the fifties , the thirteenth Earl finds himself in a very similar sort of house , and the comparison is instructive . |
| 2 | The Surrey team 's goalkeeper Adrian Blake was helped off in the 57th minute , with his team already 3–0 down , after being apparently struck by a coin thrown from the crowd . |
| 3 | Because the reason that er stile was blocked off in the first instance was there was a case where a child ran across that road . |
| 4 | The losers were disrupted by a head injury to prop Seamus Foley , who was forced off in the first half . |
| 5 | Rather than go through the entire process again in a later session , it would make more sense to take it up at the point where it was left off in the previous session , if desired . |
| 6 | Barry Butler , who was stretchered off in the 2-1 Deva Stadium win over Brighton , yesterday had Xrays on his injured ankle . |
| 7 | Hirst was sent off in the first leg , for the first time in his career , and Bright he was signed too late to be eligible . |
| 8 | Julian Dicks , the West Ham captain , was sent off in the 61st minute for a late tackle on Wise and the referee , Alf Buksh , needed a police escort at the end of the tie , which West Ham won 1-0 . |
| 9 | And as Switzerland began to run riot , Gough was sent off in the 84th minute for handling the ball as Knup threatened to break through again . |
| 10 | Daniel Amokachi , of Bruges , was sent off in the 77th minute for a foul on Bremen goalkeeper Oliver Reck . |
| 11 | He experienced the joy of scoring Omagh 's first two goals in the opening period but had the opposite feelings of emotion when he was sent off in the last minute . |
| 12 | Another Dublin player Keith Barr has been suspended for a month — he too was sent off in the National League . |
| 13 | Mike Marsh became the third Anfield star to be shown the red card in successive European Cup Winners ' Cup matches when he was sent off in the closing stages of the defeat against Spartak Moscow on Wednesday . |