Example sentences of "have [not/n't] be [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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1 | The tap has not been turned off . |
2 | the premium or discount paid on acquisition insofar as it has not been written off . |
3 | 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 ) . |
4 | Despite the advent of widespread home computer technology , a certain old pastime has n't been killed off . |
5 | It 's about the only thing that has n't been sold off to the Japanese — yet . ’ |
6 | Could I also ask a question which you might be completely clear on , but I 'm not , when we do back checks on files and make sure they are all up to date and so on , we come across maybe a research approval which has n't been signed off in the right places , how far back in time do we need to get that signed off . |
7 | Hampson , who had not been sent off prior to this season , has had a wretched past seven weeks . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | These included a return to work for those who had not been laid off , the re-employment of the sacked strikers next week and a final , binding decision by the arbitration body ACAS . |
10 | He had pointed that out to Farag but Farag had not been put off . |
11 | In one corner of the rectangular office a television set had not been switched off and the title sequence of a forgotten film from the seventies flickered silently on the screen . |
12 | The incident room was in darkness , except for a couple of desks whose reading lights had not been switched off , a glowing computer screen and the flashing red lights of some electrical equipment . |
13 | When Wickham asked why Pascoe had not been paid off Shildon adopted his sarcastic tone . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | It was sad , nevertheless , that six months of planning had not been shown off to better effect . |
16 | Lewis suddenly wandered on to the stage and started playing , hotly pursued by the band , who had not been tipped off . |
17 | ‘ If Harry had n't been rushed off to the hospital with chest pains today , ’ he continued , ‘ then I 'd still be at a loss as to know what my only daughter gets up to when my back is turned . ’ |
18 | Sophie was like an engine that had n't been switched off ; he could sense the energy in her and feel the heat . |
19 | But staff at the Grand Theatre , Leeds , where the ballet was premiered , say people have not been put off . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | Consider yourself lucky you have n't been sent off . ’ |
22 | You have n't been dragged off at all |