Example sentences of "[vb pp] off the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Timisoara on Dec. 16 , the first anniversary of the uprising in the city which led to Ceausescu 's downfall [ see pp. 37104-05 ] , there was a demonstration by 5,000-8,000 people , including students and workers , at which Fr Laszlo Tokes , the ethnic Hungarian priest whose arrest had sparked off the events of 1989 , called for a " second revolution , not like last year but a peaceful , Christian one " . |
| 2 | The blue top and bottom trims not only set off the looks of the tank , but also obviate the need for a layer of polystyrene under the tank . |
| 3 | ‘ You mean I 've set off the alarms ? |
| 4 | Though his yelling had not moved the stones it had set off the dogs and one against the other they barked and bayed , an unusual salute as he entered the bounds of the sheer-sided , heavy-wooded , spectacular wilderness . |
| 5 | just been finished off the rigs . |
| 6 | Aye there 's a lot gon na be finished off the rigs . |
| 7 | Use the cell phone ; let the caller know as soon as you 've switched off the alarms . |
| 8 | That 's no good at all , because when that goes the job stops and I do n't get paid off the grants people and the bank holds the deeds and , if I do n't forthcome with the grant money , then I will lose the house . |
| 9 | He had thus paid off the princes and the pope . |