Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [adv] [be] [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | A statement said there was a spontaneous abortion and the life support machine had now been turned off . |
| 2 | She realized then that the coffin lid had simply been lifted off , letting in light from a long strip-light that hung from a plain rock ceiling . |
| 3 | In the case of an eighth-century Pre-Khmer bronze figure of a Bodhisattva , estimated at £40,000-£60,000 , the body had been tested and proved ancient but it was clear that the head had once been broken off and re-attached . |
| 4 | It was sad , nevertheless , that six months of planning had not been shown off to better effect . |
| 5 | But the press had already been tipped off : Mrs Simpson 's car had been booked on to the Channel steamer in her own name . |
| 6 | In one corner of the rectangular office a television set had not been switched off and the title sequence of a forgotten film from the seventies flickered silently on the screen . |