Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] off in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not understand what could have made the boy run off in the opposite direction . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't care for the notion that Paul Gray had his head cut off in the Cathedral . |
| 3 | Distillation is another , in which flowers are boiled in water , and the essential oil given off in the steam is collected and condensed by cooling . |
| 4 | With their bare hands , they fought to save the man who had an ear ripped off in the attack . |
| 5 | One man had his ear sliced off in the fight and another was arrested , but later released . |
| 6 | In The Possessed , the conspirators have enticed their victim to a dark remote spot where nothing will be seen or heard , and have done the deed and tied two heavy stones to the body so that it is sure to sink , and have carried it to a pond and thrown it in : then , ‘ With extraordinary carelessness ’ they overlook that cap which has no doubt fallen off in the struggle , and which the police will soon find . |