Example sentences of "[vb pp] off at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some pests are large enough to be gathered and destroyed by hand : caterpillars can be picked off at any time , while slugs and snails around vulnerable plants are easily collected by torchlight on moist evenings . |
| 2 | She was calm , her breathing even , she had possibly dozed off at some time , a thought she found quite odd . |
| 3 | A Sergeant with a crudely reconstructed pink blob of a nose — obviously bitten off at some stage in his professional or previous career — sat at a damascened bronze data-desk stained green with cupreous patina . |
| 4 | As there was very little chance of her being got off at that season she was advertised for sale . |
| 5 | I told him we were simply adapting the phrase from the social security regulations , where for years it has worked perfectly satisfactorily in deciding whether or not a worker should get benefit if he is laid off at another workplace from the one where a dispute is taking place . |
| 6 | Well , is it , you mean technology has n't affected your job to such an extent that you feel that you know you could get laid off at any minute if they bring in something new ? |
| 7 | They said it could have gone off at any time . |
| 8 | It could have gone off at any time . |
| 9 | The styling has been rounded off at each end and VW house-style rectangular headlights have been fitted . |
| 10 | Any information the client is interested in can be printed off at any stage during the search . |
| 11 | In their headlong rush they naturally tend to get their corners knocked off at each bounce , so they end up as peculiarly smooth , rounded lumps , the smoothness being the result of mechanical abrasion . |
| 12 | Hit lights should also be left off at this time , once again to minimize the difference between the air and water temperatures . |
| 13 | The challenge is to play either game against the timer , which can be switched off at any time if the child wants to check a word or letter |