Example sentences of "off by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The trend of judge-made law may be set off by a case involving an atypical trade or may be located in a consumer transaction . |
| 3 | It is possible that against a long-term downward movement of population , perhaps sparked off by a variety of economic concerns , the economic depression helped to determine the immediate attitudes in some of the old declining industrial centres just as the prospect of prosperity , and the accumulation of consumer goods and property , may have stimulated a desire to control family size among the population of the expanding industrial centres of the Midlands and the South East . |
| 4 | In view of all his interest in connections between worship of totemic plants , rain ceremonies , and modern life , it becomes clear why ‘ Gerontion ’ is sparked off by a passage from Benson 's Fitzgerald where Benson is quoting Fitzgerald . |
| 5 | Years later , he came home with his right arm blown off by a shell , and ragged lungs after a poison-gas attack : he would never work on the docks again . |
| 6 | And two weeks ago , one of our colony supply ships managed to broadcast a more reliable report — until transmission was cut off by a boarding party . |
| 7 | When told to sod off by a man well over six feet tall , about fourteen stones in weight , with a four-iron in his hand , and known to be of uncertain temperament , even the most hardened reporter will do just that . |
| 8 | He was taken off by a helicopter from RAF Valley , Anglesey and flown to hospital in Barrow-in-Furness . |
| 9 | They were tipped off by a person claiming that the stand in West Bromwich , West Midlands , was not licensed to sell the reptiles . |
| 10 | In the intervening years only one major English army crossed to France , in 1475 , when Edward IV let himself be bought off by a treaty and substantial cash payments . |
| 11 | This winter Koffmann has been reinterpreting Cabessal de lievre : instead of stuffing and braising the hare he lightly roasts the fillet and laps it in a deep spicy sauce grand veneur set off by a heap of nutty pates . |
| 12 | In fact , her mate Klono had been killed and dragged off by a leopard one night when her son Krono was about a year old . |
| 13 | All this was topped off by a tricorne hat decorated by a plume . |
| 14 | I must say , inside it was pretty chic with its black , white and stainless steel decor , set off by a window full of red geraniums ( pelargoniums . ) |
| 15 | Stage 4 is the familiar multiplier , only this time triggered off by a change in imports and exports . |
| 16 | For instance , there is the strict requirement of English that postnominal adjectives should be marked off by a pause in speech and by commas in writing , if and only if they are non-restrictive ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 17 | nipples ripped off by a doberman on acid ? |
| 18 | Many of these cars had to be towed off by a tractor which , like our forward line , itself became bogged down in midfield . |
| 19 | The little dumpling stands to attention with its arms stiffly by its sides , as if being told off by a parent ; the shroud appears to be a shift with separate head-cloth but in actuality is nothing more than the usual loosely gathered linen , parted with greater than usual emphasis to show the entire face . |
| 20 | ‘ These bacteria are normally harmless but are triggered off by a rise in temperature . |
| 21 | So do n't be put off by a sign that says no money refunded . |
| 22 | Which of us on finding our car aerial snapped off by a vandal have not momentarily wanted to do the same to his neck ? |
| 23 | This was condemned in western countries , but feeling against jews was common everywhere : Freud 's father had his hat knocked off by a Gentile who shouted at him ‘ Jew , get off the pavement ’ , and Jewish shops were smashed by miners in Tredegar in 1911 . |
| 24 | There was a mix-up over payment for a meal at a café , and Chapman was hauled off by a gendarme to the police station . |
| 25 | Piper explained : ‘ I have already been written off by a lot of people and a lot of critics and I can understand Benn being favourite . |
| 26 | Derry 's unfancied squad , written off by a lot of football pundits , are so keen to prove their detractors wrong , that they 've set themselves a demanding series of targets for the remaining four matches . |
| 27 | Bradshaw himself got picked off by a thirty-footer and lost his board . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The smell , coming from the rear of a building , might easily have been the unpleasant odour given off by a dustbin in need of emptying . |
| 30 | 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 . |