Example sentences of "he [verb] been [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , I have told him before because he has been told off before for talking you know at the back |
| 2 | Finished , the job that he 'd been putting off for most of the day . |
| 3 | Very urgent business which he 'd been putting off . |
| 4 | We got a letter from the Kent constabulary to say that erm he 'd been let off . |
| 5 | It meant he 'd been laid off again at the stocking factory . |
| 6 | Maybe he 'd been scared off by the snow and taken Caspar home . |
| 7 | Not once , but six separate times … and now he had been warned off for good . |
| 8 | We now suspect he had been written off by both the consul and the Spanish authorities at an early stage . |
| 9 | He had been paired off with Whitlock . |
| 10 | If he had been pensioned off then , he would have missed out on all Rovers ' glory days of promotion , Wembley and Europe . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm afraid he 's been sent off to the railway , sir . |
| 12 | Well obviously the sad reality of the thing does n't come home to , to our countrymen and a man comes up last week and tells me that he 's been paid off by the Daily Record he 's been working for them for thirty five years and he asked what how much pension will he have and says that he 's getting four years pension . |
| 13 | HE 'S been running off with the toilet rolls — and viewers ' affections — for 21 years . |
| 14 | He 's been shooting off his mouth about me and I 'll close it for him . |
| 15 | He 's been shooting off his mouth about me and I will close it for him ’ Lennox Lewis DONALD MACLEOD Lennox Lewis : ‘ The only fear I know inside the ring is the fear of losing . |
| 16 | My guess is he 's been selling off some of the better vintages over the past few years . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ As I 've said , he 's been working off and on on the house as a favour . |