Example sentences of "were [verb] off by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the theories about the abandoned ship Marie Celeste is that the crew were plucked off by a hungry kraken . |
| 2 | But negotiations were broken off by the government on 3 May once the compositors at the Daily Mail refused to set the type for an editorial on ‘ For King and Country ’ . |
| 3 | Although agreement was reached on establishing a UDF newspaper with a maximum 70,000-copy circulation , the talks were broken off by the UDF delegation on Jan. 18 after the BCP had refused to give written guarantees that the other promises would be fulfilled . |
| 4 | Two years ago , she and John Orbell , archivist of Baring Brothers and chairman of the Council 's Liquidations and Rescue Support Group , were tipped off by a friendly Extel employee about the news agency 's imminent takeover by United Newspapers . |
| 5 | They were tipped off by a person claiming that the stand in West Bromwich , West Midlands , was not licensed to sell the reptiles . |
| 6 | Police discovered them in a raid , after they were tipped off by a buyer who had seen this advert in the motoring magazine Exchange and Mart . |
| 7 | Mr Marland says the safe and lucrative deals were creamed off by the syndicates , and the risky ones left for the unsuspecting to pick up . |
| 8 | Substantial debts were written off by the Government during the change |
| 9 | Men who were turned on by a pretty face were turned off by an absolute show of disdain — and if double meanings were n't her strength , turning a cold shoulder was . |
| 10 | The strikes were sparked off by the rank and file , most were unofficial , and often they were resisted at the outset by national trade union leaderships . |
| 11 | Her splendidly white skin and fine neck were shown off by a square décolletage , messy swathes of lace tied over her bosom by what seemed a white shoe-lace . |
| 12 | These were sold off by the French . |
| 13 | Strikes and protests were called off by the nationalists pending the outcome of the discussions , which ended on Jan. 12 in an apparent climb-down by the nationalists , all participants in the " public council " endorsing a draft declaration which upheld the Dec. 29 decisions on minority rights . |
| 14 | A further irritant had occurred earlier in the month when talks scheduled for Aug. 17 to create a joint Korean Olympic team were called off by the North . |
| 15 | The TUC edict was followed on 5 July by action against the Cricklewood sorters — they were laid off by the Post Office management and threatened with the withdrawal of strike pay by the Union of Post Office Workers and as a result were forced to go back to handling Grunwick mail . |
| 16 | Despite their efforts several villages , including Alston , Langdon Beck in Teesdale and St John 's Chapel in Weardale were cut off by the blizzards . |
| 17 | Despite the county council efforts , several towns and villages , including Tow Law , Alston , Langdon Beck in Teesdale and St John 's Chapel in Weardale , were cut off by the blizzards . |
| 18 | The oilmen were taken off by a fleet of helicopters after the vessel lost one of its anchors and was later forced to shed its seven remaining ones . |
| 19 | A fire broke out in her ammunition hold and the crew were taken off by an attendant destroyer . |
| 20 | This ‘ S ’ Party was scattered by a Japanese attack but regrouped before February , when they were taken off by an American submarine . |
| 21 | The yacht 's three crew Kevin Cowley , Robert Goodbody and Susan Tallon , all from Co Wicklow were taken off by the lifeboatmen and landed uninjured at Porthdinllaen . |
| 22 | They got drunk and tried to carry off the women , and were fought off by the bridegroom with his Lapiths and his bosom-friend , the Athenian Theseus . |
| 23 | Conceivably such gains were tailing off by the late sixties . |
| 24 | But ministers were put off by the cost . |
| 25 | It is also possible that many advertisers were put off by the political tone . |
| 26 | Nonetheless , despite its defeat , a shift continued towards the Labour Party of millions of former Liberal voters or new voters who were put off by the factionalism of the Liberal Party . |
| 27 | The last time the burglars were scared off by a neighbourhood watch member , but not before they 'd cut the phone lines and disabled the alarm . |
| 28 | These markets had either disappeared into the new Poland , or they were screened off by the Corridor . |