Example sentences of "[art] [noun] came off " in BNC.
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1 | The hair came off like Herman 's wig , and the papery flesh flaked away from the exploded skull . |
2 | However , this service has not been without delays and mishaps and early in the season Regional Railways had no stock for it , an InterCity rake with buffet + DVT was substituted but the DVT came off at Salop ! |
3 | As for the LeBaron , the main thing in its favour was that the roof came off . |
4 | And then the wailing that went up and the curses that fell as the roof came off . |
5 | ‘ The roof came off ! ’ |
6 | ‘ The roof came off a woman 's house , and we all helped to save what we could . |
7 | … but how did they feel when the covers came off ? |
8 | The dirt and the make-up came off easily , and there were no obvious bruises underneath . |
9 | erm the stocks came off , the bag stocks off . |
10 | The lid came off , tearing skin off her fingers . |
11 | When the mask came off , she knew she had reached the Fourth Level . |
12 | The top came off at once . |
13 | The top came off and he gave it to Emmie . |
14 | Once the glasses came off , they ran away . |
15 | The glasses came off , and the hair was allowed to fall freely in its natural waves around his face . |
16 | The slightly over-sized holes you mention are no problem ; this is simply where the strung ball-ends pulled up through the table as the bridge came off . |
17 | The guns came up , the safeties came off . |
18 | On these occasions the gloves came off as the Service most adversely affected sought support in Parliament , in the media , from industry , and from the electorate , in what it saw as its fight for survival . |
19 | I wore it just about half a dozen times , during which the button came off and the lining split . |
20 | The pebble-dash came off . |
21 | In fact , due to a fault in assembly all the arms came off all the chairs . |
22 | The door came off a shed full of tools , and spades , even , were turning over and over ; while a flock of rods kept for wattling thrust through the air , cruel as arrows . |
23 | As justification for claiming strong Norman support he could advance the wickedness of Harold , the ‘ backwardness ’ of the English church , the increasing separation of Scandinavian — English politics from the mainlines of central and southern European development and , perhaps most immediately attractive to his baronial supporters , the promise of considerable territorial gains if the gamble came off . |
24 | After another 20 minutes , the bandages came off and Suzanne massaged Santa 's hips and thighs with a firming Thalgo-Mince cream . |
25 | ‘ Twenty-two yards long it was , ’ he 'd tell the boys proudly , during their consolation walks before the elastoplast came off . |
26 | The end came off when your mother was playing a round with me . |
27 | The bracelets came off , and I massaged my wrists . |
28 | The leaves came off . |
29 | Moving into first gear the knob came off in her hand again . |
30 | But I can and said pull that fucking door closed and the knob came off in her fucking hand , she spun round |