Example sentences of "come off [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Shetland sheep are an example of a breed which has recently come off the Rare Breed Survival Trusts ' books , largely due to its popularity with small flock owners .
2 I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around .
3 The old saying that ‘ it 's coming off a broad back ’ is being stretched beyond its limits .
4 They are identical in the same way that the articles coming off a well-engineered assembly line are identical .
5 We might ask desk officers to make an initial selection of important records as they come off the live system .
6 To win Test matches , one has to take wickets consistently , and a high proportion of chances come off the outside edge of the bat .
7 The trouser , sock and shoe come off the hemiplegic leg last .
8 My missus has to buy the kids ' clothes down the jumble sale and if she wants a pair of nylons they come off the Green Shield stamps .
9 The overlords at Citroen say it 's just a show car , but with Peugeot and Citroen able endlessly to vary the mix of 605s and XMs that come off the shared line at Sochoux , a third model , an XM coupe , is not an impossibility .
10 The fibres come off an industrial braider ; in effect , a giant knitting machine .
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