Example sentences of "be [verb] off on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too often his reputation as an architect has been written off on the basis of very late works which were more the work of his nephew , MacVicar Anderson , and his chief clerk , Colling , under his direction . |
| 2 | ‘ Guv'nor says you 're to set off on the side nearest him , ’ Bob said briefly . |
| 3 | Especially when you 're starting off on the right foot like you and Marilyn . |
| 4 | Aye but they 're they 're starting off on the South that 's what you 've got to think . |
| 5 | Or suppose you 're setting off on a driving tour of Spain and you do n't speak the language . |
| 6 | Oh no , look buns are going off on the floor everywhere ! |
| 7 | Stamina ( 15 credits ) : If a player runs out of energy or stamina , he 'll be carried off on a stretcher . |
| 8 | Rolls are normally 100 metres and , if in this length the coating blotches , or a ‘ squeegee ’ effect appears in the dyed colour , or perhaps the ‘ picks ’ form lumpy doubled threads in the weft , then the run has to be sold off on a shorter roll . |
| 9 | so I 'm going off on the Mo on the Tuesday still be knackered after the |
| 10 | Varnishes can be used direct from the container if the diameter is large enough for the brush being used , but it is better to pour the varnish into a paint kettle which has a wire stretched across the middle , so that excess varnish can be scraped off on the wire . |
| 11 | To achieve this , ruled paper can be run off on a photocopier on a high contrast setting . |
| 12 | The room number should be ticked off on the arrivals and departures list and the guests ' names entered on the tabular ledger and their bills started . |
| 13 | To hell with the risk , I had three minutes to create an impact ( being carried off on a stretcher should do it ) . |
| 14 | The fireworks were being let off on the ramparts of the castle . |
| 15 | The problem arose again thirty years later , when their energies were channelled off on a crusade which ended in defeat at Nicopolis in 1396 , and yet again in 1444–5 when , after the truce of Tours , the ‘ Ecorcheurs ’ who were , as their name implied , ‘ skinning ’ France , were led off for a while to Switzerland and the imperial lands . |
| 16 | Power ( 10 credits ) : Like the Attack power-up , the more Power you have , the higher the chances of an opposing player being taken off on a stretcher . |
| 17 | I can recall on one occasion the league programme being snowed off on the fifth Saturday in March . |
| 18 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
| 19 | This custom continued , the telegram being sent off on the morning of the shoot and the telegram of thanks being read out at lunch . |
| 20 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |
| 21 | He rang Inspector Lane to check that Sergeant Evans had been sent off on the business in Essex , to be told Evans was already on his way there . |
| 22 | Four slightly overweight , middle-aged businessmen are sent off on a team-building exercise in the Lake District . |
| 23 | MOST of Europe 's unmarried royals are setting off on a cruise on Norway 's fjords next week , giving hopes for at least one blue-blooded romance . |
| 24 | She is one of three Guinness people who are setting off on the Raleigh scheme next year — the other two work at Guinness Ireland and at head office in Portman Square . |
| 25 | hello there … today we 've come east to the far east for our Central South sport … we 're in Nepal with some local pioneers who are setting off on the first ever Kathmandu marathon … before we run we have join our football parade … |
| 26 | ‘ Sun is going off on a separate direction . |
| 27 | He 's stopping off on the road , he 'll be in in the morning , I … ’ |
| 28 | The Pope , a conservative whose grip on the reins of power has never been firmer , is setting off on a tour of the Far East on Friday . |
| 29 | This is the life down on the Copacobana beach in Rio … sun shining … waves crashing in on the sand … and its here that Liz Macdonald from Gloucester is setting off on the second leg of the British Steel Challenge … she 's on board the Nuclear Electric yacht … from Rio they round Cape Horn and head for Hobart … they 'll be racing for six weeks … |
| 30 | Bjornebye , signed by manager Graeme Souness for £600,000 last month , will be out for at least three weeks after he was carried off on a stretcher with concussion while on international duty against China . |