Example sentences of "[been] [verb] off with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for the first time this year , Seles had been let off with a mere slap on the wrist . |
| 2 | Some drivers whose tyre tread is below the new legal limit have been let off with a caution … others face prosecution . |
| 3 | You can tell that you have not been fobbed off with the more mature product by the size of the cuts and the pallor of the flesh . |
| 4 | HE 'S been running off with the toilet rolls — and viewers ' affections — for 21 years . |
| 5 | In his opinion there was no doubt that Miss Ward 's head had been cut off with a single blow from a sharp instrument . |
| 6 | Reduced to ten men after captain Eric Caldow had been stretchered off with a broken leg , Scotland had just defeated England , and the flamboyant Baxter , an irrepressible rogue in a dark blue jersey had scored both goals . |