Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] off [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The IRA claimed responsibility for the station attacks , blaming the Victoria casualties on " the cynical decision … not to evacuate railway stations " after a caller had warned 45 minutes earlier that bombs were to go off at all mainline stations . |
| 2 | And we walked down clubbing right and left , and we cleared the streets and those that fell to the floor were carried off by those who had hidden behind when we went past . |
| 3 | Fortunately , Town were let off from this one . |
| 4 | But centuries-old practices are difficult to change , and my protests were written off as those of an ignorant missionary , with no respect for traditional customs . |
| 5 | Murray and McKean were written off in many quarters after the disappointment of Barcelona — Murray finished eighth after starting favourite , McKean failed to reach the final — and the pair went to Toronto with their careers at the crossroads . |
| 6 | at Max and Jamie 's party they were getting off with each other |
| 7 | Worst hit were the Devon seaside towns of Sidmouth and Exmouth , which were cut off for several hours on Wednesday . |
| 8 | The western sectors of Berlin ( entirely surrounded by the Soviet core ) were cut off from all access by land to the West , as the Soviets tried to force concessions from the Western powers on the future shape of Germany . |
| 9 | His eyes were cut off from any outside flow , angry , as if two parts of his mind were fighting . |
| 10 | I soon decided it was a mug 's game to get emotionally involved with any aircrew , as they were killed off with such regularity . |
| 11 | During the last interglacial reefs occurred ( Fig. 8.35A ) , but with the low sea level of the last glaciation ( Fig. 8.35B ) these were killed off in most areas . |
| 12 | The Liverpool manager was seething with rage after his defender David Burrows was carried off in this Coca-Cola Cup tie with a severe knee injury that will keep him out for at least three months . |
| 13 | The first time we went , Marie wore her bra and knickers , but she was told off for that , so she bought this real nice swimming costume . |
| 14 | He thought these were helpful plans — something positive to get to grips with the habit and see an end to cash shortages in the housekeeping as money was siphoned off for another packet ; no more sandpaper taste in the mouth ; no clothes reeking of stale tobacco and an end to the shakes . |
| 15 | Wilson 's major misfortune was that the firm of Veitch declined rapidly before 1914 , when the stock was sold off before many of his new plants had been propagated or distributed : the Arnold Arboretum had fewer difficulties with his later collections . |
| 16 | Now , for safety , the path was roped off on either side . |
| 17 | But the dig , which involved drilling three holes , was called off after all they found were eighteenth century foundations . |
| 18 | After the dispute , the deal was called off by both parties . |
| 19 | We skirted the now-notorious refreshment hut , which was marked off with those fluorescent orange ribbons that usually signal a particularly nasty accident , and which was now guarded by two policemen . |
| 20 | My son did get a job in a button factory and an optician 's but he was laid off from both because of lack of demand . |
| 21 | The Yard said the area around the police station was sealed off for half an hour while the package was examined . |
| 22 | The centre of Milton Keynes was sealed off for several hours after a coded telephone message warned of a bomb in the town 's main shopping centre . |
| 23 | In 1954 , he was cut off from all classified material because of earlier association with Communists — who included his own brother . |
| 24 | But now , fallen from her cabin , she was cut off from all understanding , and had no strength to kick against the darkness that had come down around her . |
| 25 | His pleading was cut off by another painful jab of the gun muzzle and by the snarling , thick voice from behind him . |
| 26 | ‘ They thought I would n't be quite so embarrassed if my bra was whipped off by some poor old geezer who was past it . |
| 27 | The domination of Bern was thrown off without much trouble , a tree of liberty was planted in the Graben ( Square ) in the first flush of freedom , and in 1798 , Aarau became not only the capital of the canton of Aargau , but the seat of the newly proclaimed Helvetian republic . |