Example sentences of "was [verb] off with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bodin 's pass back was under-hit , Duffield and Gittens seized on it and , while Gittins did what Duffield was intending , sliding the ball under the advancing Digby , Duffield stayed down and was carried off with a broken leg . |
| 2 | Arsenal have slipped to sixth after three successive Premier League defeats , and they will be without England full-back Lee Dixon for at least a month after he was carried off with a knee injury . |
| 3 | Rowledge sliced a penalty wide of the target before having better luck with a kick just inside the half-way line , and there was a real setback for the visitors when Cook was carried off with a leg injury . |
| 4 | TRANMERE defender Tony Thomas was carried off with a broken leg after only two minutes of this Anglo-Italian Cup-tie last night . |
| 5 | Five minutes later skipper Alan Kernaghan was carried off with a knee injury and Middlesbrough delayed the introduction of substitute Jon Gittens for five minutes . |
| 6 | Internationals Paul Moriarty , who was carried off with a knee problem , and Bobby Goulding were injured in Sunday 's 48-16 defeat at Headingley and forwards Steve McCurrie and Harvey Howard both appear before the disciplinary commission on Thursday after being sent off . |
| 7 | For example , emotional problems are often presented as justification for a person 's drunkenness , especially if they are female , and on one occasion a youth who had been involved in an accident but who had only just passed his driving test was let off with a caution by a policewoman in sympathy for his inexperience . |
| 8 | Fortunately , his employer was lenient and he was let off with a caution . |
| 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 | and he was fobbed off with an under-secretaryship ; in 1922 he worked actively to bring the coalition down . |
| 11 | An area of cleared moor was cordoned off with a wind-powered electric fence to allow heather regrowth , a method which could be repeated elsewhere ; next year 's plans for the estate , five miles north of Pateley Bridge , include protecting and encouraging the spread of bilberry , the indigenous upland plant which disappeared from large tracts of moor when bracken moved in . |
| 12 | A former 3rd Farnham scout was heading off with the Falklands-bound Navy task force as one of the mechanics servicing the Harrier jump-jets aboard HMS Hermes . |
| 13 | She refused to marry the first husband proposed by her father , and ran away more than once with lovers of her own choosing ; when she came home pregnant she was sold off with a dowry to a plumber called William Wright . |
| 14 | By this time Angie had entered his life and she was going off with the ladies and he was going off with the boys — and that 's the way it was . ’ |
| 15 | By this time Angie had entered his life and she was going off with the ladies and he was going off with the boys — and that 's the way it was . ’ |
| 16 | Foulds went off 15 minutes later with a neck injury and No 8 Brooks was helped off with a leg injury shortly afterwards . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He caught a glimpse of Sheldukher who , with his usual instinct for self preservation , was scurrying off with the Cell case tucked under his arm . |
| 19 | Later , he delivered the first of his high-tech rallies with a punchy speech and the evening was rounded off with a five-point lead in an opinion poll . |
| 20 | Our first day on Martinque was rounded off with a great beach party with music provided by a local band . |
| 21 | The day was rounded off with a picnic and the purchase of commemorative T-shirts . |
| 22 | The event was rounded off with a showing of Wimpey 's Employee Report Video and drinks in the social club . |
| 23 | Her wish was granted and her supersonic trip was rounded off with a stay in the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel . |
| 24 | The Day was rounded off with a programme of display items from a variety of teams , including class teams , the National Display Team and our special 55+ team — for them the day was a successful dress rehearsal for their performance at the Age Concern Festival at the Royal Albert Hall the following week . |
| 25 | A full day , which also included a significant meeting with the president of Ecopetrol , the Colombian state oil company , and the Minister for Mines and Energy , was rounded off with an evening of entertainment produced and performed by LASMO Colombia staff . |
| 26 | I had more luck with partners this time — I was paired off with an older girl who I got along with fine , and we readied ourselves to go out . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Remember that season was started off with a freak result vs Newcastle . |
| 29 | The afternoon continued with more games and the day was finished off with a ‘ Hamburger Hill ’ scenario , just like the film . |
| 30 | Stepped-down wings extended on each side and the whole was finished off with an elegant domed lantern . |