Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] off in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the meantime the women 's liberation movement was changing rapidly ; expanding , feminists were becoming active in a whole range of trade union activities , setting up women 's centres , refuges for battered wives , all kinds of research , discussion … the group , although it continued to meet , give or take a member or two , for a further four years , was a friendship , a support group of women who had struggled through to political consciousness together , and whose own political allegiances sparked off in many directions : a gay commune , further teaching , trade union organising , membership of one of the numerous revolutionary left-wing groupings which flourished in the seventies , involved in producing feminist journals . |
2 | His putts wandered off in all directions , so he did n't hole a lot . |
3 | Sky TV 's broadcast put the whole incident in the public eye , even though Goulding was formally cited after the Disciplinary Committee watched a tape of the game last Thursday when dealing with two men sent off in that match . |
4 | The gunmen made off in this VW Polo . |
5 | The gunmen made off in this VW Polo . |
6 | A harem owner may have several sets of daughters creamed off in this way . |