Example sentences of "to be [verb] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barratt soon made tubbing a semi-mechanical process though the dross still had to be scraped off at regular intervals ( perhaps for further jigging ) , and also the copper ore for further concentration . |
| 2 | The former municipal buildings in Church Square , Hartlepool , are to be auctioned off by English Estates in London next month . |
| 3 | At least half are believed to be switched off by remote control every night . |
| 4 | This , however , was a determined pack and we were not going to be put off by small obstacles like being unable to stand up or walk forward . |
| 5 | It has to be paid off in full when you move and a new one taken out . |
| 6 | The Government can not be unaware that women are frightened to travel alone at night in isolated places , to wait in bus depots where no staff are present , or to be dropped off at bus-rail links at isolated railway stations where there is no one to guard them against possible danger . |