Example sentences of "were [vb pp] off to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Archer told her that apart from three vacant rooms ‘ for the tourism ’ , all the others were let off to the council , who put homeless people into them . |
| 2 | After one or two formal speeches ( at which reference was made to our visit as the ‘ first short-term English course since the crushing of the Gang of Four ’ , and I tried to make a suitable reply , ) we were whisked off to the Friendship Hotel to a welcoming meal consisting of Peking duck , ancient duck 's eggs , and other good things , and I wielding our chopsticks to the best of our ability . |
| 3 | Then they were whisked off to the museum , while we stayed at the hotel waiting for news of our flight to Nanking . |
| 4 | The rest were written off to the Chinese , who did not take kindly to violation of their air-space . |
| 5 | I remind the Minister that , when the National Bus Company subsidiaries were sold off to the private sector , the first thing that the private company did in many instances was to get rid of the management because of its dissatisfaction with it . |
| 6 | Many ofthe 2.5 million rivets have been renewed , and parts of the ironwork have been replaced in recent years-authenticated chunks of the original were sold off to the public as highly-priced souvenirs . |
| 7 | The Kitching works were sold off to the S&DR and in 1860 Alfred handed over the Lister works to his cousin , Charles Ianson . |
| 8 | And William in there with fists flailing and Preston inevitably drawn in , too , as the fight spread until they were hauled off to the headmaster 's study for retribution ; he was a caning head and it was two strokes on each hand for a fight in the playground , four for the classroom . |
| 9 | Class 313s continued to look after the inner suburban system , and the now non-standard 1977-series Class 312s were packed off to the Colchester line . |
| 10 | Most of the RCM internees were packed off to the Isle of Man , a late addition to the list of camps drawn up by the War Office in 1939 . |
| 11 | When the news hit the factory floor , young girls were sent off to the stores with requisitions to get a good look at the loincloth apprentice . |
| 12 | During the same period 1,888 tons 3 cwt. 3 qrs. were sent off to the smelters ; but this does not include 4t. 4c . |
| 13 | Here is a special Times supplement , no less , devoted to the future recovery of Lebanon in which I write of the ships returning to Beirut port , of the re-opening of central banking facilities , the renovations at the temples of Baalbek , the arrival of the first postwar tourists — Swedes , of course — who were bussed off to the ruins of the Palestinian camp of Tel al-Za'atar and then to the Bekaa . |