Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they had also made guesses as to what might be possible if the deuterium and oxygen gases that were bubbling off from the cell could be recombined and their latent energy recovered and used as heat . |
| 2 | He caught up with her on the far side of the teahouse , in an area that was roped off for the staff 's use only . |
| 3 | ACT is now a separate computer maintenance company that was split off from Apricot before it was bought by Mitsubishi , the Japanese conglomerate that produces everything from the four-wheel Shogun to equally rugged Nikon cameras . |
| 4 | Middlesbrough showed more controlled football against a side that was booed off at half-time by the home crowd but which stepped up pressure after the break , only to find Boro 's defence holding firm . |
| 5 | At Junction , on the Lemhi River , the Nez Perce found the settlements fortified , and were warned off by Chief Tenday of the Lemhi Shoshoni . |
| 6 | We climbed down to his fishing boat and were pushing off against the stonework . |
| 7 | They were on a school trip to Pembroke Dock in West Wales and were setting off on their last visit when the crash happened . |
| 8 | The legs were too wide and were chopped off at least three inches above her boots . |
| 9 | They were frequently left out in the cold and were fobbed off with symbolic concessions — such as a tatty play space instead of a decent nursery . |
| 10 | They got drunk and tried to carry off the women , and were fought off by the bridegroom with his Lapiths and his bosom-friend , the Athenian Theseus . |
| 11 | Strong men fainted and were carried off by weak men … |
| 12 | ‘ I simply told them that you were my wife and that you had taken all our money and our little girl and were running off to London to be with your lover . ’ |
| 13 | Saline lakes of the Vestfold Hills oasis ( Figure 4.5 ) string out along a valley , formerly a marine inlet , which rose and was cut off from the sea 5000–8000 years ago when the local land ice melted ( Kerry et al . , |
| 14 | As priyayi he obtained an education in a Teachers ' Training School and was sent off to the little island of Bali . |
| 15 | When young Thomas Carter returned from his duties about 10.00 , he was given bread and cheese for his lunch , and was Packed off to school with his brother . |
| 16 | He did the 60-mile run in 2 hrs 55 mins — and was ticked off for going over the 20mph speed limit . |
| 17 | She tried to brush her assailant aside with the words , ‘ One day all the facts , in about thirty years ’ time , will be published , ’ and was ticked off in return . |
| 18 | Bodin 's pass back was under-hit , Duffield and Gittens seized on it and , while Gittins did what Duffield was intending , sliding the ball under the advancing Digby , Duffield stayed down and was carried off with a broken leg . |
| 19 | He then said ‘ God bless ! ’ to her , and was carried off into the night . |
| 20 | All I remember is that at one point he walked along with one foot on the kerb and the other in the gutter and was told off for limping . |
| 21 | He took a taxi the twelve miles into Brighton , and was dropped off at the Willett Collection , housed in the town 's museum . |
| 22 | The De Obsessione says that Malcolm assaulted Durham and was driven off by Uhtred during Æthelred 's reign , and the Irish Annals of Ulster record fighting between Scots and English in 1005 ( recte 1006 ) . |
| 23 | Negotiations between the three ethnic communities in Bosnia-Hercegovina [ see p. 38849 for leaderships ] under the auspices of the EC continued in Lisbon , but were broken off on May 2 when the ceasefire was broken . |
| 24 | Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute . |
| 25 | A call by the Federation of Niger Trade Unions ( USTN ) for a general strike " in defence of democracy " was widely observed on March 2 but was called off on March 3 following government pledges that no political concessions would be made to the mutineers . |
| 26 | I excused myself but was ticked off for trying to slim . |
| 27 | ‘ I saw you lasht night an' … ’ he began to sing a romantic song from our courting days , but was cut off in mid warble as he tripped over my hiking boots and crashed into the wardrobe head first . |
| 28 | The following year he tried to buy Outram 's Glasgow papers but was beaten off by nationalist feeling ( Thomson being Canadian ) and the resources of the Scottish financier Lord Fraser . |
| 29 | His father drove some of the way , but was dropped off by Clarke before the accident happened on the A4095 at Curbridge . |
| 30 | I tried to speak with the landlord but was driven off for what I seemed — a ragged , evil-smelling beggar . |