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
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