Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] off in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , to mark the end of the service , three enormous thunder-flashes were let off in the rear gatehouse . |
| 2 | The cars were written off in the accident , but both drivers amazingly walked away with just minor cuts and bruises . |
| 3 | Total restructuring costs of about $2.4 BILLION were written off in the fourth quarter of 1989 . |
| 4 | As between the two heavyweights , Reed and Pearson , Reed has been added to at the start of the period ( financed from the sale of Pearson shares ) ; the additional Reed shares were sold off in the autumn of 1991 , thereby realising a tidy profit for the Portfolio . |
| 5 | Fireworks were going off in the city , in advance of Halloween . |
| 6 | However , 10,000 people were laid off in the process , including many of the 650 who worked at Unisys 's factory in Livingstone , Scotland . |
| 7 | In April the Smolensk Party advised the Roslavl' cell that contributions to the Famine were tailing off in the Roslavl' area , so two new directives were issued : first , to collect another famine tax , with every twenty town-workers or employees supporting one hungry child , and every five peasant households contributing for one hungry adult ; second , to hold agitational meetings in all trade-union branches and at village skhod meetings . |
| 8 | The ‘ general interest ’ illustrated weekly magazines like Picture Post were killed off in the late 1950s by TV , even before the free colour magazines and expanded feature coverage of the Sunday papers , led by The Sunday Times , were introduced in the early 1960s . |
| 9 | Dozens of slates from their roofs were blown off in the blast . |
| 10 | The second half exploded when Middlesbrough full back Jimmy Phillips and Southend goalkeeper Paul Sansome were sent off in the space of seven minutes . |
| 11 | Steaua 's Ionel Fulga and Antwerp 's Rudy Taeymans were sent off in the second half , Fulga for dangerous play and Taeymans for a second bookable offence . |
| 12 | It was hell for McColgan as she was picked off in the run-in for a consolation bronze . |
| 13 | so it was written off in the end . |
| 14 | Although the family seat was sold off in the fifties , the thirteenth Earl finds himself in a very similar sort of house , and the comparison is instructive . |
| 15 | The Surrey team 's goalkeeper Adrian Blake was helped off in the 57th minute , with his team already 3–0 down , after being apparently struck by a coin thrown from the crowd . |
| 16 | He was later seen getting into a silver metallic car which was driven off in the direction of Cheyney Road . |
| 17 | Distillery boss Billy Hamilton fears the worst after Heath was assisted off in the second-half with a torn calf muscle . |
| 18 | Because the reason that er stile was blocked off in the first instance was there was a case where a child ran across that road . |
| 19 | The losers were disrupted by a head injury to prop Seamus Foley , who was forced off in the first half . |
| 20 | Rather than go through the entire process again in a later session , it would make more sense to take it up at the point where it was left off in the previous session , if desired . |
| 21 | Barry Butler , who was stretchered off in the 2-1 Deva Stadium win over Brighton , yesterday had Xrays on his injured ankle . |
| 22 | Julian Dicks , the West Ham captain , was sent off in the 61st minute for a late tackle on Wise and the referee , Alf Buksh , needed a police escort at the end of the tie , which West Ham won 1-0 . |
| 23 | Cardiff will be without their international hooker Ian Watkins , who was sent off in the game with Pontypridd on Boxing Day , and also the Lions three-quarter Mike Hall whose former club Bridgend have not yet granted him a transfer . |
| 24 | Daniel Amokachi , of Bruges , was sent off in the 77th minute for a foul on Bremen goalkeeper Oliver Reck . |
| 25 | And as Switzerland began to run riot , Gough was sent off in the 84th minute for handling the ball as Knup threatened to break through again . |
| 26 | He experienced the joy of scoring Omagh 's first two goals in the opening period but had the opposite feelings of emotion when he was sent off in the last minute . |
| 27 | Another Dublin player Keith Barr has been suspended for a month — he too was sent off in the National League . |
| 28 | Hirst was sent off in the first leg , for the first time in his career , and Bright he was signed too late to be eligible . |
| 29 | Mike Marsh became the third Anfield star to be shown the red card in successive European Cup Winners ' Cup matches when he was sent off in the closing stages of the defeat against Spartak Moscow on Wednesday . |