Example sentences of "be [vb pp] off on the " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The fireworks were being let off on the ramparts of the castle . |
| 5 | I can recall on one occasion the league programme being snowed off on the fifth Saturday in March . |
| 6 | This custom continued , the telegram being sent off on the morning of the shoot and the telegram of thanks being read out at lunch . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The strike was called off on the following day . |
| 9 | Later the woman 's benefit was cut off on the grounds that she and her lodger were living together as husband and wife , and he must therefore maintain her . |