Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of those who have attended the Tories ' daily press conference have effectively written off their chances , at best predicting they will form the largest party in a hung parliament . |
| 2 | The docs have all gone off long ago . ’ |
| 3 | They 're looking for the womankind who have all gone off with the Romans . |
| 4 | They have all gone off to work or to look for work , leaving behind the old , the disabled , the women and the children . |
| 5 | Having spent £2.50 on a pair of extra-strength rubber gloves , 80p on cuticle remover and £1.20 on ridge-filler , the bloody nails have all broken off again — ridges , cuticles et al . |
| 6 | Although Coda has offered AS/400 software since the box was launched in 1988 , Turner says that sales have only taken off over the past two years , and it is now the group 's fastest-growing market . |
| 7 | After you have finally dropped off , sometime after three a.m. , you can generally snatch a couple of hours ’ sleep before the next round of jollities begins soon after dawn . |
| 8 | The main secret of the latch tool cast off technique is to keep the latch on the tool open , with the stitch ( that you have just cast off ) held firmly in place behind the latch under your thumb until you have retrieved the next stitch on to the hook . |
| 9 | It 's the worst sports programme I have ever seen and the first I have ever turned off . |
| 10 | Fee-based activities such as fund management have also taken off in Singapore because of its strategic location in southeast Asia 's fast expanding financial markets . |
| 11 | The institutional investors that charged into junk bonds in the 1980s have now headed off at a gallop in the opposite direction . |
| 12 | Mr Lindsay was worried that the lone TOPP students in some regional offices might feel isolated , and that many companies which initially showed enthusiasm for the idea have now cooled off . |
| 13 | Things have really taken off , our whole output has gone up a notch . |
| 14 | And if kids have have n't shut off before then , they always get that prayer if the preacher is being particularly sensitive or insensitive to you know , You talk about a God of nature . |
| 15 | At which point I turn and see that they have n't gone off at all , that I 'm sitting on the fourth step , the bottom step , right up against the barrier . |
| 16 | Just to make sure they have n't gone off . |
| 17 | I have n't fallen off , but my back wheel 's in the air , and I 'm leaning on the guy 's boot . |
| 18 | So from Kelly to you two , busy working hopefully you have n't slipped off now . |
| 19 | In ‘ Someone ringing off , leaving things vague , and you uncertain about what will happen next ’ , that 's where people have n't finished off the call , by summarizing what 's happened , and what you 've agreed to do as a result of receiving the call . |
| 20 | ‘ I hope you have n't bitten off more than you can chew , Jenny , ’ I muttered to myself . |
| 21 | You have n't set off yet George . |
| 22 | One by one , true believers have either died off or slipped away into the post-Modern or revivalist camp under one pretext or another . |
| 23 | Twins have never pulled off a double like this before at the school . |
| 24 | I have done the route a dozen or more times since that distant autumn , and although I know it is ‘ easy ’ I have never set off across that huge ceiling without a feeling of apprehension . |