Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | so it was written off in the end . |
| 2 | It was called off after the principal , Dr David Kennedy sent a confidential letter to Mrs Falconer . |
| 3 | It was sparked off by the rape of a schoolgirl at a school in northern Paris on Sept. 27 , and by other attacks in schools in the Paris area . |
| 4 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |
| 5 | Rather than go through the entire process again in a later session , it would make more sense to take it up at the point where it was left off in the previous session , if desired . |