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
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