Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Junction , on the Lemhi River , the Nez Perce found the settlements fortified , and were warned off by Chief Tenday of the Lemhi Shoshoni . |
| 2 | We climbed down to his fishing boat and were pushing off against the stonework . |
| 3 | They were on a school trip to Pembroke Dock in West Wales and were setting off on their last visit when the crash happened . |
| 4 | The legs were too wide and were chopped off at least three inches above her boots . |
| 5 | They were frequently left out in the cold and were fobbed off with symbolic concessions — such as a tatty play space instead of a decent nursery . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Strong men fainted and were carried off by weak men … |
| 8 | ‘ I simply told them that you were my wife and that you had taken all our money and our little girl and were running off to London to be with your lover . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . , |
| 10 | As priyayi he obtained an education in a Teachers ' Training School and was sent off to the little island of Bali . |
| 11 | When young Thomas Carter returned from his duties about 10.00 , he was given bread and cheese for his lunch , and was Packed off to school with his brother . |
| 12 | He did the 60-mile run in 2 hrs 55 mins — and was ticked off for going over the 20mph speed limit . |
| 13 | She tried to brush her assailant aside with the words , ‘ One day all the facts , in about thirty years ’ time , will be published , ’ and was ticked off in return . |
| 14 | Bodin 's pass back was under-hit , Duffield and Gittens seized on it and , while Gittins did what Duffield was intending , sliding the ball under the advancing Digby , Duffield stayed down and was carried off with a broken leg . |
| 15 | He then said ‘ God bless ! ’ to her , and was carried off into the night . |
| 16 | All I remember is that at one point he walked along with one foot on the kerb and the other in the gutter and was told off for limping . |
| 17 | He took a taxi the twelve miles into Brighton , and was dropped off at the Willett Collection , housed in the town 's museum . |
| 18 | The De Obsessione says that Malcolm assaulted Durham and was driven off by Uhtred during Æthelred 's reign , and the Irish Annals of Ulster record fighting between Scots and English in 1005 ( recte 1006 ) . |