Example sentences of "off by the [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cavers should n't be put off by the recent radiation scare , according to the National Caving Association . |
| 2 | I chewed my lip and stared into the faint mist being burnt off by the early morning sun . |
| 3 | Hundreds of workers marched on Westminster earlier this year , fearing that come privatisation , the millions in the BR pension fund would be creamed off by the new rail franchise companies . |
| 4 | However , the Jordanian government considered that a further US$40,000,000 owed to Saudi Arabia since the mid-1980s had previously been written off by the Saudi ruler King Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz . |
| 5 | But the results of the Christmas consumer test will give new heart to anyone browned off by the festive ripoff syndrome . |
| 6 | She turned , arms flailing , head back , eyes open — but the gaping mouth would utter no more prophecies , her breath cut off by the red garrotte cord round her scrawny neck . |
| 7 | Containers and freight , craned down on to the raft from the deck of the LSL , would be lifted off by the giant Fiat Allis fork-lift trucks . |