Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [verb] off [prep] the " 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 | We climbed down to his fishing boat and were pushing off against the stonework . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . , |
| 6 | As priyayi he obtained an education in a Teachers ' Training School and was sent off to the little island of Bali . |
| 7 | He then said ‘ God bless ! ’ to her , and was carried off into the night . |
| 8 | He took a taxi the twelve miles into Brighton , and was dropped off at the Willett Collection , housed in the town 's museum . |
| 9 | Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute . |
| 10 | Thinking that the aircraft was on fire , he tried to land at once at Takali , but was driven off by the ground defences , heading instead for Hal Far . |
| 11 | Nigel leafed through a few large-print Agatha Christies but was put off by the noxious inexplicable stains on the pages . |