Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] off the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was certainly better than the sandwich and a can of beer that she 'd expected ; if this had been the late and unlamented Eddie she 'd probably have been faced with a walk to the nearest carry-out to find that he 'd finished off the beer in her absence . |
| 2 | 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 " . |
| 3 | In retrospect , the Americans had a good case for opposing the invasion of Egypt , even if it was difficult to defend the bungling over the Aswan Dam loan that had sparked off the crisis . |
| 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 | Of the 29 responses , 65 per cent had started off the evening unsure , doubtful or undecided , and during the evening had become informed and therefore more sure of their point of view ( whether pro or anti ) . |
| 6 | He replied , apparently to the students ' dissatisfaction , that he had himself encountered nothing of the kind and indeed that many of those who had started off the war with him and seen it through to the end had become major military commanders . |
| 7 | Among the later additions came a namesake , James Hall , who had started off the war as a private in Kitchener 's ‘ First Hundred Thousand ’ It was in the Lafayette that Hall , a flyer with almost superhuman luck ( he once came down intact with an unexploded AA shell sticking out of his engine ) , founded the literary partnership with another pilot , Charles Nordhoff , that was to produce ‘ Mutiny on the Bounty ’ Joining the Squadron a few days after its inception was Raoul Lufbery , who , like Bert Hall , had also been a professional flyer before the war . |
| 8 | Half an hour later Seawitch was anchored , the engine was silent , and Nathan had switched off the bow , stern , and masthead lights . |
| 9 | Most of the food seemed already to have been disseminated , and a safety cut-out had switched off the stasis field when she opened the hatch . |
| 10 | In answer to questions after the lecture Beamish said that the Russian Revolution had killed off the intelligentsia and that the country was now inhabited by ‘ animal life people ’ . |
| 11 | Drink and the devil had killed off the rest — |
| 12 | He had paid off the taxi , had given the driver a generous extra to drop his suitcase at the Hilton in Park Lane . |
| 13 | They had not paid themselves first , in spite of the debenture 's terms , but had paid off the mortgage . |
| 14 | He had paid off the mortgage with ease when at the height of his success . |