Example sentences of "has [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 | Such arguments may seem trivial when bodies as thoughtful as the Church of England have taken it upon themselves to ponder the issue of the use of nuclear weapons ; but the bomb has not gone off and when it has receded into the background we will be left with the demand for electricity . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ The numbers of people who are using Heartwatch is a testament to the fact that the novelty has not worn off . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And his research at Cranfield University has finally paid off . |
| 7 | After all this is the woman whose husband has just run off with Felicity Kendal . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | By aiming to depict Life in the 1990s , Kasdan has probably bitten off more than he can chew , but he masticates bravely . |
| 15 | Eric Hobsbawm has similarly written off its significance in explaining why Britain escaped revolution . |
| 16 | Lagerfeld has temporarily switched off , leafing through a magazine and soliciting opinions on each advertisement , each editorial page , and being rude about them . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This regional literacy programme has really taken off . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This he has now sent off . |
| 24 | Antonia has now written off Mellor as ‘ an impossible love ’ . |
| 25 | The sales build-up reached Denmark and the UK in March and has now taken off in Spain , Portugal and Iceland . |
| 26 | Although Vinny Samways has now come off the transfer list , Spurs look light in the key area . |
| 27 | It 's Norman 's 13th year at Chelsea , but the thrill of showing at the country 's premier flower show still has n't worn off . |
| 28 | Have to be careful it has n't gone off . |
| 29 | He has n't run off with you . |
| 30 | So they 'd been playing cat and mouse game and er it has n't paid off you know . |