Example sentences of "be [vb pp] 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	Wednesday 's meeting at Worcester is almost certain to be called off with the course is under several feet of water .
3	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 .
4	On the Sunday all the show fish are auctioned off with the proceeds going to the BKA funds .
5	Me being carted off with the sirens going would just about put my street cred in overdraft .
6	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 .
7	‘ 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 .
8	‘ Well , she 's pissed off with the boy for a cultural break . ’
9	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 .
10	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 .
11	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 .
12	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 .

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