Example sentences of "[pers pn] have not been [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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1 | You can tell that you have not been fobbed off with the more mature product by the size of the cuts and the pallor of the flesh . |
2 | The South African was looking for this patterning , to ensure they had not been foisted off with sand-blasted bottle-glass or the other principal substitute , cubic zirconia . |
3 | the premium or discount paid on acquisition insofar as it has not been written off . |
4 | The curtilage of a building will include the ground that is used for the comfortable enjoyment of that building even though it has not been marked off or enclosed in any way ( Sinclair-Lockhart 's Trustees v Central Land Board ( 1950 ) 1 P & CR 195 ) . |
5 | I made one last effort to see if my parachute was still there , and to my amazement and relief found it had not been torn off after all . |