Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] off by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | an electro cardiograph , it 's a tracing of the electrical il impulses from the heart given off by the heart and this chap came in he 'd never had one before and he was nervous anyway , so I 'm trying to put him at his ease and I , I put , you have to put like a rubber band round their arms and legs and attach erm electrodes to them , you do n't feel anything , you 're only measuring the electrical impulses given off by the heart |
| 2 | The helicopter and a standby vessel spotted a flare set off by the crew and stayed in the vicinity until the men were winched to safety by an RAF helicopter . |
| 3 | The perfumes and aromas exuded by their leaves and flowers on a warm sunny day give any garden a fourth dimension , and one of the charms of the Greek and Italian hillsides is the pungently aromatic fragrance given off by the herbs and shrubs . |
| 4 | Although the old colours ranged widely and included deep or light red , blue , ‘ grizzle ’ and all-white , nearly all had white finching and white on the belly and face and early selection was made for the famous white face in contrast to a deep , rich red body colour set off by the white brisket , belly , legs , shoulder stripe and tail switch . |
| 5 | The spadefish swim faster in schools because of a slime given off by the swimming fish . |
| 6 | Information kept on a credit card would be wiped clean by the massive bursts of magnetism given off by the scanner . |
| 7 | She turned , arms flailing , head back , eyes open — but the gaping mouth would utter no more prophecies , her breath cut off by the red garrotte cord round her scrawny neck . |
| 8 | When , at the end of the Second World War , France was liberated , those who had collaborated excessively with the Germans often had their hair cut off by the French Resistance . |
| 9 | But later he stigmatised them as ‘ the social scum , the passively rotting mass thrown off by the lower layers of the old society . ’ |
| 10 | However , some radiation will still find its way around even these substantial barriers , increasing the exposure to the workforce above what they would expect from the ‘ natural ’ radiation given off by the sun or the earth . |
| 11 | Hitch shot him in the face , watching as he toppled backwards , most of his bottom jaw blown off by the close-range blast . |
| 12 | The years of abundance in America began in 1950 with the defence expenditure triggered off by the Korean War , and the boom continued with only a hiccup or two of recession in 1954 and 1958 . |
| 13 | Wide-eyed , Robbie backed away , but found her retreat cut off by the worktop . |
| 14 | Left : Ladies winner Fabiola Rueda has her Legionnaire-style cap blown off by the wind |