Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally his provocative question would have sparked off a fiery response , but now , feeling gloomy and depressed , Luce said nothing . |
| 2 | Kings boss Chris Kelly added : ‘ I did n't want to play at all and feel that on a neutral ground with our display against Peterborough we could have pulled off a shock win . |
| 3 | But there is little civic pride in Maan that its actions should have set off the train of events . |
| 4 | Would they have switched off the cold fountains in Trafalgar Square ? |
| 5 | 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 . |