Example sentences of "who [was/were] [verb] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave her a rope , and told her to catch a horse and join the others who were cut off from the camp . |
| 2 | This development is particularly important in the study of those who wrote in the vernacular for laymen who were cut off from the richness of recollected prayer in the practice of the liturgy and in search of modes by which they could realise the substance of their faith . |
| 3 | Subservience was expected by all levels of employer , titled or otherwise , and Marie Thwaites was one of a number of young men and women who were packed off to a life which was not only unacceptable by today 's standards , but hardly believable . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , despite its defeat , a shift continued towards the Labour Party of millions of former Liberal voters or new voters who were put off by the factionalism of the Liberal Party . |
| 5 | Here is a special Times supplement , no less , devoted to the future recovery of Lebanon in which I write of the ships returning to Beirut port , of the re-opening of central banking facilities , the renovations at the temples of Baalbek , the arrival of the first postwar tourists — Swedes , of course — who were bussed off to the ruins of the Palestinian camp of Tel al-Za'atar and then to the Bekaa . |
| 6 | Coventry City .. 3 Grimsby Town ... 0 ( Coventry win 4-3 on agg ) GRIMSBY played for 87 minutes of this Littlewoods Cup tie with 10 men , and their prospects of defending the two-goal lead they brought to Highfield Road disappeared with Tony Rees , who was sent off for a coward 's foul on Greg Downs . |
| 7 | GARETH CHILCOTT , the England prop who was sent off for the fourth time in his playing career with Bath when the champions suffered a League reversal at Gloucester last month , is still awaiting news of his punishment from the Somerset disciplinary committee . |
| 8 | Jones , who was sent off for the sixth time in a five-year career against Blackburn on his Wimbledon return two weeks ago , hosts a controversial video that makes heroes of men of great skill who play to hurt and unveils a code that includes : |
| 9 | Cardiff will be without their international hooker Ian Watkins , who was sent off in the game with Pontypridd on Boxing Day , and also the Lions three-quarter Mike Hall whose former club Bridgend have not yet granted him a transfer . |
| 10 | Welshman Gibbs , who was stretchered off near the end of an ill-tempered match with bruised ankle ligaments , will be out of action for at least 10 days . |
| 11 | Barry Butler , who was stretchered off in the 2-1 Deva Stadium win over Brighton , yesterday had Xrays on his injured ankle . |
| 12 | Internationals Paul Moriarty , who was carried off with a knee problem , and Bobby Goulding were injured in Sunday 's 48-16 defeat at Headingley and forwards Steve McCurrie and Harvey Howard both appear before the disciplinary commission on Thursday after being sent off . |
| 13 | Batty , who was carried off after a tackle by Stewart Robson , added : ‘ I am just relieved I have n't broken it . ’ |
| 14 | The losers were disrupted by a head injury to prop Seamus Foley , who was forced off in the first half . |