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 | The old saying that ‘ it 's coming off a broad back ’ is being stretched beyond its limits . |
| 3 | They are identical in the same way that the articles coming off a well-engineered assembly line are identical . |
| 4 | We might ask desk officers to make an initial selection of important records as they come off the live system . |
| 5 | To win Test matches , one has to take wickets consistently , and a high proportion of chances come off the outside edge of the bat . |
| 6 | The trouser , sock and shoe come off the hemiplegic leg last . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The fibres come off an industrial braider ; in effect , a giant knitting machine . |