Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] [adv] [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 25-year-old Dublin soldier had been virtually written off in the welterweight division . |
| 2 | Losing Out has argued that , since 1979 , a minority of the population has been progressively cut off from other people on low income , let alone those on average or high incomes . |
| 3 | Willie had already helped paint the scenery but had been asked to take over as prompter when Matthew Browne had been suddenly whisked off to boarding school . |
| 4 | It 's a remote area not easily patrolled and signs forbidding dogs have been regularly ripped off or defaced . |
| 5 | Historically isolated from the Spanish-speaking central and western areas , the area has been physically cut off and economically little developed . |
| 6 | John Morris 's international prospects have been widely written off ever since he played Algy to David Gower 's Biggles in that amusing but ill-advised flying-circus routine on England 's last Australian tour . |
| 7 | He stopped the team and found that Brusie , now Tony 's lead dog , had a serious stomach wound , one of her teats having been almost torn off . |
| 8 | ‘ His thumb had been completely ripped off but he was just worried that he might need stitches . |