Sentence examples for but called off from inspiring English sources

The army occupied Bangkok's financial district and threatened to use live ammunition against opposition demonstrators, who barricaded their makeshift camp but called off a march.

In 2008, it began a hostile bid for Diebold, a maker of automated teller machines and security systems, but called off its efforts after the financial crisis.

With the merger between Sprint and WorldCom all but called off, the question is whether Sprint executives are going to stay and, if so, for how long.

A rival Houston energy trader, Dynegy Inc., agreed on Nov. 9 to rescue Enron but called off the merger later that month.

This spring, Mr. Wyly again tried to oust Mr. Wang but called off his fight in July after Computer Associates agreed to pay him $10 million.

He only made it for 17 hours (listening to a friend read him Voltaire and armed with a cellphone to keep amused) but called off the plunge.

For all of the hum, some cannot help but call off the names of the dead.

Harry and Marv pursue Kevin in their van halfway through the film, but call off the pursuit when he runs into a church.

The fight was originally scheduled for Beijing on Aug. 5 but was called off when Ruiz injured his neck.

But researchers called off that attempt on Christmas Day because the drilling process ran into difficulty at about a thousand feet.

The bout had been originally scheduled for Sept. 28 but was called off after Haye cut his left eyebrow in sparring.