Example sentences of "be [verb] off with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | HE 'S been running off with the toilet rolls — and viewers ' affections — for 21 years . |
| 3 | Wednesday 's meeting at Worcester is almost certain to be called off with the course is under several feet of water . |
| 4 | I then asked rather than erm wait for er Dr to come back , er we changed onto a different product which did n't involve conductivity but before doing that , I asked for ten pallets of to be run off with the nutrient mix reduced from two K Gs per metre to one point five K Gs per metre . |
| 5 | On the Sunday all the show fish are auctioned off with the proceeds going to the BKA funds . |
| 6 | Me being carted off with the sirens going would just about put my street cred in overdraft . |
| 7 | An attack is warded off with the rear hand guard : the defender then drops onto one knee and strikes with a crippling tiger claw to the groin . |
| 8 | The priest , understandably , flees ; the wife tells her husband that he is running off with the partridges , with the result that the husband pursues the priest brandishing his knife , apparently confirming what the wife told the priest . |
| 9 | ‘ But if members tell us they are in dire straits , without a job , gone bankrupt , and the wife 's run off with the milkman , then we will move heaven and earth to help them . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , she 's pissed off with the boy for a cultural break . ’ |
| 11 | When I asked earlier what those penalties might be , I was fobbed off with the answer that the matter would be referred to the industrial tribunal , and that the worker involved might receive some form of compensation . |
| 12 | A former 3rd Farnham scout was heading off with the Falklands-bound Navy task force as one of the mechanics servicing the Harrier jump-jets aboard HMS Hermes . |
| 13 | By this time Angie had entered his life and she was going off with the ladies and he was going off with the boys — and that 's the way it was . ’ |
| 14 | By this time Angie had entered his life and she was going off with the ladies and he was going off with the boys — and that 's the way it was . ’ |
| 15 | After having lost over fourteen hours to the weather , the game was called off with the score at 227 for 6 declared , and a series that had promised so much with its exciting start fizzled out meaninglessly , with almost seven of the twenty-five playing days lost . |
| 16 | He caught a glimpse of Sheldukher who , with his usual instinct for self preservation , was scurrying off with the Cell case tucked under his arm . |
| 17 | I explained that I had n't been around as much as usual lately because I was pissed off with the way some people were behaving . |
| 18 | He no longer needed a tutor : Walahfrid was paid off with the abbacy of Reichenau , where he could help hold Alemannia against Louis the German . |