Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] off at [adj] " 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 | Next day , 13th. , four of the squadron 's Hurricanes were led off at 1330 by Flt.Lt . |
| 3 | They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go |
| 4 | I was really pissed off when it was called off at 5.20 |
| 5 | She was pissed off at missing Triste at the bar , but there would be other jobs . |
| 6 | This request from AFHQ to SHAEF was sent off at 1917 hrs , only forty minutes after the despatch of the Robertson signal . |