Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] off from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain finally became cut off from the Continent at the Straits of Dover around 6500 BC , although it may have been somewhat later between East Anglia and northern Europe via the Dogger Bank . |
| 2 | The Walks were forbidden to the villagers and in the final few weeks of pregnancy , Tamar spent much of her time strolling there , in such complete seclusion that she felt cut off from civilisation . |
| 3 | There was little noise from outside the windows and we appeared cut off from the city and from civilian life in general ; I lay in bed and pulled the sheets up over my nose . |
| 4 | Gary Moore , a born again bluesman who certainly needs no introduction from us , had broken off from his European tour especially to take part in the event . |
| 5 | Another dragon had peeled off from the circling dots overhead and was gliding towards them . |
| 6 | She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 7 | The Oxfordshire volunteers had set off from Split inland . |
| 8 | The men on board the ‘ Firefly , ’ a 25-foot catamaran , had set off from the Isle of Man on the return leg of the race when part of the vessel flooded . |
| 9 | The men aboard Firefly , a 25ft catamaran , had set off from the Isle of Man on the return leg of the race when part of the vessel flooded . |
| 10 | The men on board the Firefly , a 25ft catamaran , had set off from the island on the return leg of the race when their craft began to ship water and threatened to founder . |
| 11 | Mrs Chandler , 47 , had set off from Shap in Cumbria on August 25 . |
| 12 | And indeed the frayed scrappy edges he had cut off from his trousers were lying strewn on the floor , in the middle of the room for everyone to see ! |
| 13 | And that one that had wandered off from the rest it became aware that it was lost . |
| 14 | The engine leapt , shouted , and was tamed , and in less than a minute we had taken off from the little beach and were circling the island . |
| 15 | Diego Dobrilla of the 287 a Squadriglia R.M. had taken off from his base at Elmas with a Naval tenente aboard his Z.506B as observer . |
| 16 | Meanwhile at 1130 eight more Hurricanes had taken off from Takali , Sgt. Deacon included , making his second sortie of the day in P3978 . |
| 17 | While the conference was still continuing on the tarmac at Trenton , a scheduled airlines jumbo jet had taken off from Kennedy for London Heathrow . |
| 18 | Eleven bombers had taken off from Fenton Bishop last night , and in the early hours of the morning eleven had come home . |
| 19 | At 0748hrs Zeros and Val dive-bombers which had taken off from the Soryu attacked . |
| 20 | The EF1-11 radar jamming plane had taken off from the Upper Heyford airbase . |
| 21 | But not long after ten hotair balloons had taken off from Lydiard Park in swindon drama struck . |
| 22 | It had taken off from East Anglia and was en route for Liverpool Airport when it crashed on the Derbyshire/ South Yorkshire border shortly after 4pm . |
| 23 | The aircraft had taken off from Prestwick half-an- hour earlier . |
| 24 | Although in this case Mr Benn had backed off from them in the beginning . |