Example sentences of "[vb pp] off at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She woke a short while later under the impression that she 'd dropped off at a cocktail party . |
| 2 | The move followed stone-throwing by dozens of people after two youths disputed the fare when they were dropped off at a pub . |
| 3 | Permanent arrears were normally written off at a bishop 's death , so the figures give some indication of the rate at which they accumulated . |
| 4 | But I 've stopped off at a street market on the way over for socks and shirts and thin garish underpants . |
| 5 | At the top of the fire-back the filling is smoothed off at an angle of about 45° . |
| 6 | These can only be sold off at a loss . |
| 7 | A SET of race ace Nigel Mansell 's tyres are to be sold off at an auction next month for Great Ormond Street Children 's Hospital in London . |
| 8 | In effect the process of consultation and decision was cut off at a point where the situation was changing rapidly and when the leading contenders for office had in fact agreed to express their willingness to serve under Mr R. A. Butler . |
| 9 | The institutional investors that charged into junk bonds in the 1980s have now headed off at a gallop in the opposite direction . |
| 10 | The Allies then presented Germany with a bill for US & dollar 32 billion to be paid off at a rate of & dollar 500 million dollars per year . |
| 11 | In FI , such people are tolerated by some : either because they are good company or because they provide ‘ services ’ , whether these be the producing of Mercedes cars which are then flogged off at a profit or the procuring of girls . |