Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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1 | External economic changes would seem to have a specific and localised impact on businesses within the particular sectors most immediately affected : neither the Big Bang nor the Crash has necessarily triggered off either an expansion or diminution of headhunting across the board in British companies generally . |
2 | TOP MARKS : Whatever financial advice Johnny 's been giving Fergie has obviously paid off as the Duchess shows that she 's well and truly on top of the subject |
3 | THE BRITISH government 's decision to pour taxpayers ' money into a new factory to make video tape for the Japanese firm , Hitachi , has finally killed off the idea of putting a tax on the tape . |
4 | And his research at Cranfield University has finally paid off . |
5 | After all this is the woman whose husband has just run off with Felicity Kendal . |
6 | The other replay tonight is a little bit closer to home at Peterborough to be precise , Peterborough against Blackpool , that game has just kicked off , no goals in that one at the moment . |
7 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
8 | Since the formation of the BWG and the LGWG , the administrative workers and the volunteers have set up their own autonomous groups , and Disabled Action has just taken off . |
9 | But since it has already written off £5 billion worth of debts and thrown in an extra £1.6 billion ‘ green dowry ’ , that means that the entire industry — with thousands of miles of pipework , reservoirs , leisure land , sewage works and so forth — is being given away for minus £1.4 billion . |
10 | But since it has already written off £5 billion worth of debts and thrown in an extra £1.6 billion ‘ green dowry ’ , that means that the entire industry — with thousands of miles of pipework , reservoirs , leisure land , sewage works and so forth — is being given away for minus £1.4 billion . |
11 | Hewlett-Packard Co , which markets Sequoia 's 68040-based fault-tolerant Unix machines as the HP 9000 Series 1200 line , has already backed off from investing new money to protect its investment in the company , where it holds an 8% stake . |
12 | By aiming to depict Life in the 1990s , Kasdan has probably bitten off more than he can chew , but he masticates bravely . |
13 | Eric Hobsbawm has similarly written off its significance in explaining why Britain escaped revolution . |
14 | Lagerfeld has temporarily switched off , leafing through a magazine and soliciting opinions on each advertisement , each editorial page , and being rude about them . |
15 | While the region has traditionally written off 5 per cent of rates or poll tax bad debts — this year it could be £15 million — the finance director , Tony Taylor , promised yesterday that the council would vigorously pursue non-payers for the rest of the cash . |
16 | This can be explained in part by the large numbers of dogs that were imported initially , but it is clear that the breed has really taken off and is now firmly established in the top ten most popular breeds in New Zealand . |
17 | This regional literacy programme has really taken off . |
18 | ‘ This has really taken off for us in a big way , ’ George told Sunday Life after a sports luncheon at Belfast 's Europa Hotel on Friday . |
19 | This , it has to be said , has been in no small part due to the advent of the in-store bakery ; a concept which has really taken off over the last 10 years . |
20 | THE career of David Loder , who started off last season with just two winners , has really taken off in 1993 and the Newmarket trainer looks set to reach his half-century this month . |
21 | This he has now sent off . |
22 | Antonia has now written off Mellor as ‘ an impossible love ’ . |
23 | The sales build-up reached Denmark and the UK in March and has now taken off in Spain , Portugal and Iceland . |
24 | Although Vinny Samways has now come off the transfer list , Spurs look light in the key area . |
25 | ‘ It has particularly taken off in the last three years . |
26 | The second has caused much confusion , some of it deliberate , which has plainly rubbed off on Mr Dalyell . |
27 | The recession has cut the number of Thames 's commercial customers and has virtually killed off profits from selling redundant properties . |
28 | After sucessfully completing the exams , she suffered a wrist injury which has virtually written off 1989 , with her world ranking slipping to 298 . |
29 | May I , as someone who has recently come off the dole , comment on Donald Gould 's article ( Forum , 20 January , p 180 ) . |
30 | Shetland sheep are an example of a breed which has recently come off the Rare Breed Survival Trusts ' books , largely due to its popularity with small flock owners . |