Example sentences of "and [noun] be [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dirt and moisture are brushed off by the Coral Clean-off-Zone as people walk over it . |
| 2 | In effect the process of consultation and decision was cut off at a point where the situation was changing rapidly and when the leading contenders for office had in fact agreed to express their willingness to serve under Mr R. A. Butler . |
| 3 | The women complained to the station master — and Knowles was taken off at the next station . |
| 4 | Mortimer and Isabella were hurried off to London and arraigned before parliament in November . |
| 5 | In the few authorities where waste goes to modern landfills and methane is piped off for positive use , there is some energy payback , but there must be more incentive to separate the 40 per cent of the domestic waste that is vegetable-derived , and recycle it as compost . |
| 6 | To avoid family disgrace , his sister 's husband , then HRH the Duke of York and later to become King George V , agreed to help pay his debts , and Frank was packed off to India . |
| 7 | In the 70th minute a splendid move involving Smyth , Fields and Woods was finished off by S Reid to put the Olympic two up . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Wiltshire villages of Lacock and Staverton were cut off by impassable country lanes . |
| 10 | Thousands of homes and businesses were cut off by two fires at exchanges in Liverpool and Sheffield last month depriving them of all telephone services , including emergency 999 calls . |
| 11 | Murray and McKean were written off in many quarters after the disappointment of Barcelona — Murray finished eighth after starting favourite , McKean failed to reach the final — and the pair went to Toronto with their careers at the crossroads . |
| 12 | The duty officer has to be on hand , not only to greet the pilots and passengers , but to make sure the plane gets refuelled and baggage is taken off into the airport . |
| 13 | There was a mix-up over payment for a meal at a café , and Chapman was hauled off by a gendarme to the police station . |
| 14 | And thought : and Floy is going off into the midst of all these and it is perfectly possible that I shall never see him again . |
| 15 | Trees and cultivation are fenced off against their hungry assaults . |
| 16 | When one colony is markedly smaller than the other and so can not field an imposing team , it is raided , the queen is killed , and workers , pupae and larvae are carried off to be set to work in the victors ' nest . |
| 17 | Greece and Cyprus stay hot and dry , but the Balkans and Turkey are cooling off to a nice temperature for hikers . |
| 18 | And Mum and Dad are going off on holiday on Saturday , so they wo n't be popping in to visit for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 19 | In a million bathrooms , pores breathed sighs of relief as the trowelled-on layers of moisturiser , foundation , blusher , shaper , powder , eye liner , eye shadow , mascara , lashes , and lipstick were scraped off for the first time in decades . |