Example sentences of "[vb pp] off with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simultaneous news that the Commander in Chief of the Army , von Brauchitsch , had been relieved of his duties and that Hitler himself had taken over the direct military leadership of the army , together with the undeniable fact that the German advance had come to a halt and the Soviet counter-attack close to Moscow could only be staved off with partial retreats , and , not least , the entry of the United States into the war , combined to produce the first major shock to the German population during the Second World War . |
| 2 | The Ossis have been fobbed off with one middling portfolio , transport , and two lightweight ones . |
| 3 | They were frequently left out in the cold and were fobbed off with symbolic concessions — such as a tatty play space instead of a decent nursery . |
| 4 | All too often those in need of such remedies are either fobbed off with sympathetic noises or given drugs that are inappropriate and toxic . |
| 5 | There is no ‘ mass audience ’ of uncritical couch potatoes ready to be fobbed off with any old rubbish . |
| 6 | East Europeans are also highly sensitive about being fobbed off with out-of-date stock — a remnant of planned economy days . |
| 7 | The one on the right went only to sealed-off sections of corridor on each floor , where any interlopers who had managed to get that far would be fobbed off with further charades designed to conceal the true function of the building . |
| 8 | I was really cheesed off with that |
| 9 | so that 's English , and I 've got ta get , er he reckons he 'll get a B grade for the er lit , but I was so cheesed off with that erm piece I got today , thirty five and thirty five , one mark off being er an A , he put at the bottom aargh , if only you 'd seen the lousy ending , cos he said if I 'd got the , an extra couple of sentences it er would of been forty eight , forty , so that 's , so annoying , but I 've now got ta write an informal letter , I do n't know how that comes under informal letter |
| 10 | The spot has been cordoned off with orange tape . |
| 11 | Burglars have made off with four thousand pounds worth of goods from a motorist 's shop in Aylesbury . |
| 12 | On November 8 , 1983 , a masked gang forced their way into the Brinks-Mat warehouse at Heathrow and coolly made off with 6,800 gold bars worth more than £26 million . |
| 13 | The thieves also made off with seven American flags and a three-figure sum of money . |
| 14 | The main Derby — Chesterfield road ran along the other flank and this was fenced off with rabbit-proof wire netting and was screened from the road by a long , narrow spinney . |
| 15 | Thoughtful people who are not able to buy the simplistic analysis are written off with contemptuous slogans like ‘ If you are n't part of the solution you are part of the problem ’ . |
| 16 | If the witnesses are n't killed at the time , then they are often murdered at a later date , or frightened off with violent threats . |
| 17 | Wo n't smudge or run when touched and can be cleaned off with ordinary remover . |
| 18 | I think it 's worth checking with the company concerned , but where caustic soda has been used , it leaves a whitish residue , and this should be washed off with clean water , then the wood allowed to dry . |
| 19 | I suppose one or two people have got off with each other on tour but that 's about it , ’ he said . |
| 20 | I do n't see how he should have got off with 7 years . |
| 21 | Kirsty she said , I said , I said Foxy cos she 's got off with Foxy |
| 22 | All oils can be applied with a brush or with a cloth , the surplus being wiped off with clean rag or paper kitchen towel . |
| 23 | A small percentage of women have found that their immunity has worn off with disastrous results . |
| 24 | True enough , in the original imprint of Scouting for Boys he had sounded off with all the usual gusto about ‘ How the Empire Must be Held ’ : . |
| 25 | They have been promised permanent showing : they have been given carefully considered hanging , and in some cases have chosen the position themselves ; their works are set off with surprising poise by the predominantly green and white college buildings and gardens , a complex severe and playful at once , severe in its geometry and playful in its romanesque quotations . |
| 26 | Some writers probably set off with that idea in the back of their minds , but up to now Hannah has disarmed them all . |
| 27 | The woman had taunted him for his lack of passion and forthrightness and she had walked off with one of the young dockers . |
| 28 | We skirted the now-notorious refreshment hut , which was marked off with those fluorescent orange ribbons that usually signal a particularly nasty accident , and which was now guarded by two policemen . |
| 29 | This is normally run off with other effluents without difficulty , but care may be needed if the waste water contains soap , because insoluble lime soap may precipitate in the drains and cause blockages . |
| 30 | How could I not be when I thought of Mum Lying there in that bed day after day , completely wrecked by Dad having run off with another woman ? |