Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] off [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm cut off from any means of communication with home base . |
2 | I 'm pissed off with that thing stuck up me nose . |
3 | The populations that live on these sky islands are cut off from each other , and evolve independently . |
4 | Another central element in Braverman 's thesis is that management , in order to achieve their objective of tight control over labour , not only fragment jobs horizontally — in the sense that different physical elements of the same task are split off from each other to be done by separate individuals — but fragment jobs vertically , as well . |
5 | Mr Fenney also has been ordered to comply with a landscaping scheme ; close the centre by 9pm every evening ; and make sure that his floodlights are switched off by that time . |