Example sentences of "be [verb] off with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lloyd George discovered in 1919 , as Law had done in 1914 , that a Unionist party that had given its total commitment to a cause would not be fobbed off with a compromise . |
| 2 | The Palestinians , meanwhile , are to be fobbed off with a degree of internal autonomy — as was proposed in the original Camp David agreements of 1978 , brokered by Jimmy Carter , between Israeli premier Menachim Begin and the Egyptian president , Anwar Sadat . |
| 3 | The crisis had been brewing for so long , however , that the tsar could not be bought off with a decision on the Holy Places . |
| 4 | Every evening the make-up would be wiped off with a towel resulting in quite a large laundry bill for each Girl . |
| 5 | But Roundhay 's chances were not helped when Barry Willis had to be helped off with a leg injury . |
| 6 | Wednesday 's meeting at Worcester is almost certain to be called off with the course is under several feet of water . |
| 7 | This may have to be sawn off with a junior hacksaw if it has rusted in place |
| 8 | Can I just say before you close , is a you out a hand out before everybody was here can some more of those be run off with a questionnaire |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He wo n't be put off with a surface answer , but he wants to know the far end of everything ’ |
| 11 | The friends of David Cunningham , such as Colonel Blackadder , had to be put off with a clear refusal , and a request to persuade Cunningham to withdraw , while at the same time every effort had to be made to engage all those gentlemen who had not committed themselves to a candidate to rally to Kirkton . |
| 12 | To cure condensation , the mould has to be killed off with a bleach solution , and then warmth and ventilation increased . |
| 13 | Any surface oil not absorbed after 10–15 minutes should be blotted off with a tissue . |
| 14 | For instance , sugar came in huge blocks , so that before weighing it out , sufficient must be chipped off with a knife ; and black treacle must be ladled out spoonful by spoonful into the customer 's jar . |
| 15 | Fleury 's cakes had not turned out very well ; in fact they had dried as hard as the stone they were baked on , and had to be chipped off with a bayonet . |