Example sentences of "been [vb pp] off for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Volkov had been written off for the last five years .
2 A vast open space had been cordoned off for the day .
3 A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ .
4 Some of the manuscript has been saved because it had been printed off for a friend to proof-read .
5 He said Mrs Mawdsley 's husband phoned him the following evening to say she had seen her doctor and had been signed off for a month .
6 Earlier , with just seconds remaining of normal time , Mark Hughes had been sent off for a second bookable offence and his team mates then produced a magnificent display of courageous football to keep themselves in this tie .
7 Koeman should have been sent off for a deliberate foul on Platt ( who actually got 5.9 for the skill in making it look much worse ) .
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