Example sentences of "be called off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the rebels , after a planned night attack had been called off at the last minute , had gone off into Inverness in search of food or were sleeping exhausted , unwilling to be roused , when news arrived of Cumberland 's approach . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | Seven meetings have been called off in the last two days , including all three of yesterday 's cards plus three scheduled for today at Carlisle , Taunton and Warwick . |
| 4 | Wednesday 's meeting at Worcester is almost certain to be called off with the course is under several feet of water . |
| 5 | He 's still probably sweating a little because he 's waiting to be called off at the next motorway junction . |
| 6 | If these conditions are not met , South Africa 's tour to England in November will be called off by the ANC . |
| 7 | Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute . |
| 8 | Both were reported to have agreed , but the talks were called off at the last minute . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | However , mass meetings organized in Vietnam to condemn " counter-revolutionaries in Poland " were called off after the Polish government formally protested at Vietnam 's " interference " in Poland 's internal affairs . |
| 12 | After having lost over fourteen hours to the weather , the game was called off with the score at 227 for 6 declared , and a series that had promised so much with its exciting start fizzled out meaninglessly , with almost seven of the twenty-five playing days lost . |
| 13 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 14 | A press conference Mr Kaifu had scheduled for Wednesday evening to explain what the government had decided was called off at the last minute . |
| 15 | Sheringham , who cost £2 million from Millwall 12 months ago , was lined up for Spurs a fortnight ago but the deal was called off at the last minute . |
| 16 | The plan was called off at the last moment . |
| 17 | However , this too was called off at the last minute , apparently because of opposition outrage over a massacre at Mbuji-Mayi in central Zaire . |
| 18 | But the meeting was called off at the last minute and now Caldaire hopes to hold talks on Tuesday , February 25 . |
| 19 | The strike was called off on the following day . |
| 20 | The round was called off after the injured Andy Galvin was taken hospital . |
| 21 | A summit called for mid-October by Ivoirian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny , who supported Taylor , was called off after the heads of state of the five states contributing to ECOMOG — Nigeria , Ghana , Guinea , The Gambia and Sierra Leone — had declined to attend ; reports indicated a split along linguistic lines , with the minority anglophone states being the principal upholders of ECOMOG 's role . |
| 22 | It was called off after the principal , Dr David Kennedy sent a confidential letter to Mrs Falconer . |
| 23 | Maidstone Town 's future was thrown into further doubt last night when their Third Division game at Scunthorpe tomorrow was called off by the Football League . |