Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] off [prep] all " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | But the dig , which involved drilling three holes , was called off after all they found were eighteenth century foundations . |
| 4 | In 1954 , he was cut off from all classified material because of earlier association with Communists — who included his own brother . |
| 5 | 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 . |