Example sentences of "have [verb] off [art] " in BNC.

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1 THE Government faxed a clear signal last week that it has written off the science vote .
2 AN Ayrshire schoolboy 's shock at conditions in an East African secondary school has sparked off a remarkable effort to help the pupils .
3 Secondly , the use of computers has sparked off an interest in the development of new , more clearly-defined methods in cartography while , at the same time , relieving the cartographer from the labour of manual drafting .
4 She sees red , however , when the slogans and other aspects of her designs are copied and bowdlerised ; she has sounded off a great deal about suing the culprits , a litigious reflex often apparent in her career .
5 While Lady Chatterley outrages viewers on BBC1 , and Carlton Television invest in a major three-part drama called A Woman 's Guide to Adultery ( to be screened in the autumn ) Ray has pulled off a major scoop now .
6 BERMANS , the Liverpool commercial law firm , has pulled off a coup in civil litigation work .
7 Rainbow , who has pulled off the road for a closer look at her broken window , can almost smell the bloodlust underneath the righteous wrath .
8 TOG O' WAR ace Steve Churchill has pulled off the greatest prize — a world championship .
9 Morland 's has fought off the first attempt by the Suffolk based company Greene King to takeover it and its three hundred pubs …
10 ‘ But the van has to drop off a couple of wheelchairs and things to other places first …
11 Because MPs enjoy such low status , because the work is so poorly paid , because the upper classes have largely abandoned ideas of ‘ service ’ , and because the selection process has killed off the old boy network , there is less and less interest in politics in the Conservatives ' traditional reservoir of support .
12 After he has killed off the whole lot of them in various ways , he shouts in triumph , ‘ Jesus , I got 'em all ! ’
13 Pagan Osborne Grace & Calders , Fife 's biggest firm of solicitors , has paid off the staff , including four part-timers , because of the impact of the recession on its conveyancing work combined with the introduction of new technology .
14 After they 'd cooled off a bit , you 'd have to go and water them .
15 When Chris Oakey decided to create a set of life size figures for his A Level Art project , his teachers feared he 'd bitten off a bit more than he could chew .
16 Cara nodded , and elatedly went on to tell them that she had heard , only that morning when she 'd looked in at her office to check her post before driving up to Cheltenham , that she 'd pulled off an interview with none other than Vendelin Gajdusek .
17 We 'd finished off the second round with an eagle when Lee put one in from miles away , and in the third round he seemed to be holing putts right , left and centre , which was a good job because we 'd fallen foul of the 6th again , for the third time .
18 It was certainly better than the sandwich and a can of beer that she 'd expected ; if this had been the late and unlamented Eddie she 'd probably have been faced with a walk to the nearest carry-out to find that he 'd finished off the beer in her absence .
19 Instead of having to cancel a trip to the Blue Mountains , she 'd had to put off a trip to the Blue Danube .
20 Nula , 32 , of North London , has had to fight off an attacker at a bus stop and survive a nightmare ride with a sinister mini-cab driver .
21 But Pompey have not had to fend off a serious inquiry about him for two years .
22 There 's speculation that he may have to sell off a collection of Ferraris .
23 Normally his provocative question would have sparked off a fiery response , but now , feeling gloomy and depressed , Luce said nothing .
24 He may also have to fight off a takeover bid — Fininvest , the Milan-based media company controlled by Silvio Berlusconi revealed a 1 per cent holding last week .
25 But the north London giants will have to fight off a bid from Everton who want to take the bustling hit-man to Merseyside .
26 So Dawn would have to fly off a little , giving in to the force of the wind , and then come back .
27 Kings boss Chris Kelly added : ‘ I did n't want to play at all and feel that on a neutral ground with our display against Peterborough we could have pulled off a shock win .
28 But there is little civic pride in Maan that its actions should have set off the train of events .
29 Having switched off the light , she locked the door and took the key with her .
30 Would they have switched off the cold fountains in Trafalgar Square ?
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