Example sentences of "has [verb] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Government faxed a clear signal last week that it has written off the science vote . |
| 2 | Rainbow , who has pulled off the road for a closer look at her broken window , can almost smell the bloodlust underneath the righteous wrath . |
| 3 | TOG O' WAR ace Steve Churchill has pulled off the greatest prize — a world championship . |
| 4 | Morland 's has fought off the first attempt by the Suffolk based company Greene King to takeover it and its three hundred pubs … |
| 5 | Because MPs enjoy such low status , because the work is so poorly paid , because the upper classes have largely abandoned ideas of ‘ service ’ , and because the selection process has killed off the old boy network , there is less and less interest in politics in the Conservatives ' traditional reservoir of support . |
| 6 | After he has killed off the whole lot of them in various ways , he shouts in triumph , ‘ Jesus , I got 'em all ! ’ |
| 7 | Pagan Osborne Grace & Calders , Fife 's biggest firm of solicitors , has paid off the staff , including four part-timers , because of the impact of the recession on its conveyancing work combined with the introduction of new technology . |