Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] off [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forty of these ancient watchdogs were pensioned off last weekend . |
| 2 | NME was tipped off last week that REM were planning to play an unannounced set with Buck and subsequent reports led to a rush for tickets , described by one insider as ‘ absolutely frantic . ’ |
| 3 | Philip Turner was taken to the Radcliffe Infirmary in the city after his nose was , was bitten off last night . |
| 4 | Young Eric , who was modestly competent in English but certainly not fluent , was packed off first to a boarding school then to University College School , Hampstead . |
| 5 | SOUTHWELL fell victim to the weather for the second time in a week when tonight 's Flat turf meeting was called off due to waterlogging . |
| 6 | As the hunt was called off last night detectives dismissed earlier claims the men could have been terrorists . |
| 7 | Whenever any crew member was laid off sick , Mac was there taking his place . |
| 8 | I , cos I had the strap on my arm , it was pulled off that . |
| 9 | Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled . |
| 10 | It was switched off five days later . |
| 11 | EVERTON boss Howard Kendall had an angry touchline row with Gareth Hall after the defender was sent off last night in Chelsea 's bitter Coca-Cola Cup victory at Stamford Bridge . |
| 12 | Rutter , though , is out with an ankle injury while Wayne Dobbins , signed on a free transfer from Torquay , was sent off last week and is suspended . |
| 13 | FORMER England goalkeeper Peter Shilton was sent off last night for the first time in his long career . |